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  • Urban planning and climate adaptation science.
  • Socio-ecological systems resilience.
  • Environmental policy and sustainable development.

Background:

  • Record climate extremes increasingly threaten urban liveability, infrastructure, and exacerbate inequalities.
  • Integrated adaptation measures offer co-benefits for complex urban socio-ecological issues.
  • Implementation of integrated climate solutions faces significant challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the value of integrating technological, nature-based, and social solutions for urban climate adaptation.
  • To identify challenges and enablers for implementing integrated climate solutions.
  • To provide a roadmap for successful integration and scale-up of local solutions.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative case study analysis of adaptation strategies in Freiburg, Durban, and Singapore.
  • Literature review on integrated climate solutions and urban resilience.
  • Discussion of research directions and policy implications.

Main Results:

  • Integrated solutions offer multiple co-benefits, enhancing urban resilience to climate extremes.
  • Challenges in integration vary across different urban contexts and climates.
  • Prioritizing systematically disadvantaged countries (Global South) is crucial for equitable adaptation.

Conclusions:

  • Systematic research is needed to foster enabling environments for integrated climate solutions.
  • Avoiding maladaptation and ensuring co-benefits for liveability, sustainability, and equality are critical.
  • Transfer and scale-up of local solutions, with a focus on the Global South, are essential for global urban adaptation.