USAID Urban Resilience Sector Guidance: Power Sector

It highlights the importance of building resilience in urban areas, particularly in the energy sector, to mitigate the impacts of shocks and stresses such as climate change, rapid urbanization, and conflict. The document outlines five building blocks for urban resilience: inclusive planning, governance, finance, social capital, and natural capital. It also provides key questions to identify and assess opportunities for integrated programming, including geographic focus, risks and assets, actors and capacity, levers of change, and integration opportunities. Additionally, the document highlights energy opportunities to strengthen urban resilience, including energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, and grid-scale renewable energy.