Bosewell, M., & T. Seale. n.d. Creating a low-carbon, resilient city. Planetizen Courses. https://courses.planetizen.com/course/low-carbon-cities.
Broekhoff, D., Piggot, G., & P. Erickson. 2018. "Building thriving, low-carbon cities: An overview of policy options for national governments." Coalition for Urban Transitions. London and Washington, DC. http://newclimateeconomy.report/workingpapers/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/Building-Thriving-Low-Carbon-Cities-An-Overview-Full-Paper-1.pdf.
C40 Cities. 2018. Climate action planning framework. https://assets.locomotive.works/sites/5ab410c8a2f42204838f797e/pages/5ae2f92374c4837e195d0e00/files/CAP_Framework_20180608.pdf?1531218037.
Day, T., Gonzales-Zuñiga, S., Höhne, N., Fekete, H., Sterl, S., Hans, F., Warembourg, A., Anica, A., & van Breevoort, P. 2018. "Opportunity 2030: Benefits of climate action in cities." NewClimate Institute and C40 Cities. https://c40-production-images.s3.amazonaws.com/other_uploads/images/1668_C40_Opportunities_2030_report.original.pdf?1520440895.
Northrop, E., H. Biru, H., Lima, S., Bouye, M., & R. Song. 2016. "Examining the alignment between the intended nationally determined contributions and sustainable development targets." Working Paper. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute.
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) & Bloomberg Philanthropies. 2014. Cities and climate change: National governments enabling local action. Policy Perspectives series. http://www.oecd.org/env/cc/Cities-and-climate-change-2014-Policy-Perspectives-Final-web.pdf.
Portney, K. E. 2013. "The economic development side of sustainability: Growth versus smart growth." In Taking sustainable cities seriously: Economic development, the environment, and quality of life in American cities. 2nd ed. Cambridge: MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/taking-sustainable-cities-seriously-second-edition.
UN Habitat. 2015. Guiding principles for city climate action planning. https://unhabitat.org/books/guiding-principles-for-climate-city-planning-action/.
von Korff, Y., d'Aquino, P., Daniell, K., and R. Bijlsma. 2010. "Designing participation processes for water management and beyond." Ecology and Society, 15(3):1. https://agritrop.cirad.fr/557075/1/document_557075.pdf.
WRI (World Resources Institute). 2014. Global community-scale greenhouse gas emission inventories: An accounting and reporting standard for cities. Washington DC: WRI. https://ghgprotocol.org/greenhouse-gas-protocol-accounting-reporting-standard-cities
WRI (World Resources Institute). 2014. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Mitigation Goal Standard. Washington DC: WRI. http://www.ghgprotocol.org/mitigation-goal-standard.
WRI (World Resources Institute). 2014. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Policy and Action Standard. Washington DC: WRI. http://ghgprotocol.org/policy-and-action-standard.
Examples of climate action plans
Baltimore Office of Sustainability. 2009. Baltimore sustainability plan. https://www.baltimoresustainability.org/plans/sustainability-plan/.
City of Cape Town. 2011. Moving mountains: Cape Town’s Action Plan for Energy and Climate Change. http://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Graphics%20and%20educational%20material/Moving_Mountains_Energy+CC_booklet_2011-11.pdf.
City of Copenhagen Technical and Environmental Administration. 2012. CPH 2025 climate plan. http://kk.sites.itera.dk/apps/kk_pub2/pdf/983_jkP0ekKMyD.pdf.
City of Rio de Janeiro. 2012. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory of the City of Rio de Janeiro in 2012 and updating of the Municipal Plan of Action for Emissions Reduction. http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/dlstatic/10112/1712030/4114527/CRJ_InventarioGEE2012_resumo_tecnicoINGLESFINAL1.pdf.
City of Yokohama. 2015. Hope for our Earth from Yokohama. https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/machizukuri-kankyo/ondanka/jikkou/old/h26keikaku/keikaku.files/h2603gaiyou-en.pdf.
EcoMetrix Africa. 2015. Climate Change strategic framework city of Johannesburg. https://www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CCSF-CoJ-Final.pdf.
Washington DC Department of Energy and the Environment. 2012. Sustainable DC Plan. http://www.sustainabledc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SDC_Plan_2016_compressed2.pdf.