The 11th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2012-2016) aims to move Thailand towards a low carbon and climate resilient society as one of its 6 development pillars. Important steps have been taken, but progress at the local level on low carbon urban developments is slow. This project therefore aims to strengthen the capacities and processes at local level for bottom-up integrated low carbon development planning and the implementation & sustainable management of low carbon development projects. The 4-year project will focus on low carbon urban systems, in particular waste management and sustainable transport, in 4 cities: Khon Kaen, Nakorn Ratchasima, Samui and Klaeng, while experiences will be shared with other cities to learn from. The project objective is to “promote sustainable urban systems management in Khon Kaen, Nakorn Ratchasima, Samui and Klaeng to achieve low carbon growth.” The objective will be achieved by removing barriers to adoption of low carbon development in cities in Thailand a) Low carbon sustainable urban development planning in 4 cities, which will enable them to formulate and implement low carbon sustainable urban development plans; b) Low carbon investments in 4 cities leading to more energy efficient urban systems, c) Financial incentives and institutional arrangements to increase volume of investments in energy efficient urban systems by government and private sector. It is estimated that the project direct GHG emissions reductions of 177,708 tons CO2e will be achieved by end of project. Over the lifetime of the technologies deployed with project support, cumulative direct emission reductions will be 1,359,852 tons CO2e.