T he Urban Environmental Management (UEM) Programme is at the core of GDRC's initatives and is the largest of its programmes.

Solving the global environmental challenges we face today, particualrly climate change, requires a fundamental shift in our urban lifestyles, our behaviour and ethics. The UEM Programme looks at urban areas as the intersection of natural, built, and socio-economic environments, to create sustainable urban ecosystems. The objectives of this programme is to explore local environmental problems of cities, as well as its impacts on global challenges.

• MEAs and Cities • EMS for Cities • Japan Urban Observatory • Infopac on 3Rs

• Ecological Footprints • Guide to City Networks • The Trialogue • The FEWW Nexus