The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance is a coalition of leaders committed to deploying finance for city level climate action at scale by 2030.

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Trillions of dollars will be required to help cities build the low-emissions, resilient infrastructure necessary to combat and react to climate change. The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance is the only multi-level and multi-stakeholder coalition aimed at closing the investment gap for urban subnational climate projects and infrastructure worldwide.

Population that will live in cities by 2050

Coastal areas will experience above-average sea-level rise

Share of global emissions from cities

Sustainable infrastructure spending needed in the next 15 years

By taking part in the Alliance, and by contributing their expertise, access to networks, and funding, these leaders have committed to work together to bridge the supply and demand for sustainable, climate-friendly, and resilient development at the subnational level.

Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center of the Atlantic Council

Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Red Argentina de Municipios frente al Cambio Climático

The Gambia – National Disaster Management Agency

The Alliance aims to:

Build awareness of city finance needs and opportunities

Craft a strong global architecture to support measurement and evaluation

Identify existing solutions and gaps in city-level, climate-related finance

Support new investment solutions that fill crucial gaps in cities climate finance

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Oct 13, 2021 | Blog, Resources

Blog: How can we meet the urgency of financing climate action in cities?

The science is clear: Cities are hot spots for climate change, as reported by the latest IPCC report. With 70% of global CO2 emissions coming from urban areas, where 7 out of 10 people will live by 2050, the solution to the climate crisis requires bold climate action in cities.

Oct 5, 2021 | News, Report, Research, Resources

Building Climate Resilience in Cities Through Insurance

The combined impacts of Covid-19 and the current onslaught of climate shocks and stressors emphasizes the need for the reimagining of a vision for protection systems for the future – where people are better protected from extreme risk. Insurance is a part of that protection system in cities to respond to climate risks as extreme heat and other urban climate shocks and stressors force us to build protection systems for the future.

October 13, 2021 | Events, News

Tracking and Measuring Subnational Climate Finance

This expert workshop is held as part of a joint project led by the OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) and the European Commission on Measuring and Enhancing Subnational Government Finance for Environment and Climate Action in OECD and EU Countries.

October 14, 2021 | Events, News

Innovate4Cities 2021 Conference

Innovate4Cities 2021 Conference is a virtual multi-day global/regional event bringing together science and innovation, policy and practice to enable cities to take accelerated and more ambitious climate action.

September 27, 2021 | Events, News

Africa Climate Week: Financing Africa’s Urban Opportunity

ACW 2021 is accelerating collaboration and integrating climate action into global pandemic recovery. Building forward opens an opportunity to address social inequalities and invest in economic development that is good for humanity and nature.