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32 GUIDELINE ON MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE RESPONSIVENESS AND RESILIENCE INTO URBAN PLANNINGProgressive assessment of mainstreaming in metros from the 2019/20 %u2013 2021/22 MTREFThe Supplementary Guidance Note on Integrating Climate Response Priorities into the BEPP for the 2019/20 to 2021/22 Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework (MTREF) introduced progressive requirements for integrating CR&R into the BEPP. All the metros were evaluated and reviewed and provided with annual feedback in terms of their progress with implementing the Supplementary Guidance Note. Based on the requirements set out in the 2019 Supplementary Guidance Note, an assessment framework was developed, and the metros were assessed across the 2019/20 to 2021/22 MTREF. The assessment framework was developed to incrementally measure the extent to which metros are integrating CR&R into their BEPPs and their planning processes (i.e., mainstreaming). The assessment framework was a mechanism to identify city-specific challenges and opportunities for mainstreaming and for CSP to be able to offer support to cities and to improve city capability to plan for CR&R so that urban development, services, and infrastructure are resilient to the impacts of climate change, and to support the transition to a low carbon economy and resource efficient cities. See the detailed progressive assessment criteria that was put forward as part of the 2019 Supplementary Guidance Note for the 2019/20 %u2013 2021/22 MTREF at the end of this section.Figure 8: Assessment framework for the mainstreaming of CR&R into metropolitan planning (Adapted from Pieterse et al., 2021).