Building net-zero African cities: Decarbonization and structural transformation
Bazoumana Ouattara
No wp-2025-43, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
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This paper examines how African cities can reconcile rapid urbanization and development imperatives with urgent decarbonization goals through structural transformation. It begins by mapping key sources of urban carbon-energy poverty, inefficient buildings, poor planning, transport systems, waste management, and construction practices-and quantifies their contributions to emissions.
Keywords: Structural transformation; Urbanization; Green cities; Investments; Governance; Carbon emission intensity; low-carbon future (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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