Action for Cool Cities- Pathways for carbon reduction in buildings and improvement of outdoor thermal comfort

As a second milestone of the learning process ‘Action for Cool Cities – Pathways for carbon reduction in buildings and improvement of outdoor thermal comfort’, Connective Cities organised the ideation and prototyping workshop that was held in Amman – Jordan on the 7^th-9^th March 2023. Participating municipalities engaged in peer learning and technical advisory to ideate and envision prototypes for solutions to optimise municipal practices and projects related to mainstreaming climate consideration in municipal urban planning. The following thematic fields were under focus:

1. Designing climate-responsive outdoor public spaces and promoting engagement of citizens

2. Steering Structure: Interdepartmental Communication framework/platform in municipalities

3. Optimizing existing building and urban design regulations by introducing key performance indicators and improving in-house capacity to drive change

4. The role of municipality as a regulator and implementer: budget analysis and strategies for cost recovery of climate action measures