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Paris Agreement of December 2015 was the last official initiative led by the United Nations UN as the driver of climate change mitigation Climate change was hence linked with an increase in the occurrence of natural hazards A variety of initiatives were consequently adopted under different themes such as sustainable cities climatefriendly development and lowcarbon cities However most of the initiatives targeted by global cities with urban areas being the focus in terms of taking action against global warming issues This is due to the structural and environmental features of cities characterized by being populated as such they not only generate a large number of carbon emissions but also happens to be the biggest consumer of natural resources In turn they create a microclimate which contributes to climate change Masdar City for example was designed as the first fully sustainable urban area which replaced fuelbased energy with electricbased energy China as another example introduced the Sponge Cities action a method of urban water management to mitigate against flooding Consequently architects and urban planners are urged to conform to the proposals that would mitigate global warming This paper as a result examines some of the models that have been internationally adopted and thereafter provide recommendations that can be implemented in large urban areas in Turkey primarily in Istanbul
