Transport Readiness for Climate Finance

Nov 30, 2015 | Case Studies, Research

This WRI paper, written by Dr. Benoit Lefevre and David Leipziger, highlights the existing funds and opportunities, to provide a clear understanding on how to have access to these climate finance flows, and to catalogue what is needed in terms of performance tracking....

Guide to Municipal Finance

Nov 30, 2015 | Case Studies, Research

This Guide to Municipal Financing, produced by UN-Habitat, explains the challenges municipalities face in covering expenditures and lists IMF data and OECD data on municipal expenditures.

Climate Finance for Cities and Buildings – A Hand book for Local Governments

Nov 30, 2015 | Research, Tools

This UNEP produced handbook provides local governments and other entities with an overview of climate finance mechanisms, existing and in development.

Financing Local Responses to Climate Change

Nov 30, 2015 | Research

This report, jointly produced by UNEP, UNCDF, and UNDP establishes framework for shaping and financing responses to climate change at the local level, including four pillars of local climate finance.

Fostering climate-friendly growth: SECO’s commitment under economic development cooperation

Nov 30, 2015 | Finance Sources, Research

In this report, SECO provides the foundation for its role in financing climate-friendly growth.

R20’s New Smart Cities Program

Nov 30, 2015 | Case Studies, Research, Tools

In October 2015, R20 Regions of Climate Action announced its Smart Cities Program, for which the R20 team is working with city representatives to conduct an inventory of current practices that point to potential avenues of collaboration. R20 has created a Smart City...