planning Intermediate
CURB Tool
Plan and cost city climate actions across six sectors
Addresses
Planning & Policy
- Cost
- Free to use
- Proprietary-Free
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Language
- —
- Updated
- 2023
You provide
- City baseline energy and emissions data
- Local costs and policy assumptions
You get
- Modelled emission-reduction scenarios
- Cost, feasibility, and impact estimates
- Sector-by-sector action comparisons
Overview
CURB (Climate Action for Urban Sustainability) is a free, interactive planning tool developed by the World Bank with AECOM, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. It lets a city map out different climate action plans and compare their cost, feasibility, and emissions impact before committing.
Key features
- Integrated planning across six sectors: private buildings, municipal buildings and public lighting, electricity generation, solid waste, transportation, and water/wastewater
- Works with a city’s own baseline data or built-in defaults
- Used or being adopted by more than 100 cities worldwide
Who it’s for
City sustainability officers and planners building or costing a climate action plan.
Getting started
Read the overview and download the tool from the World Bank CURB page.