Publications
International Forum on Low Carbon Cities
Assessing Jakarta’s Climate Investments
A Snapshot of Urban Green Finance in Two Indian Cities
Blog: How can we meet the urgency of financing climate action in cities?
Building Climate Resilience in Cities Through Insurance
Integrating Benefits in Sustainable Infrastructure
Event Report: The Alliance Forum for Subnational Project Preparation Practitioners in Mexico
2021 State of Cities Climate Finance
The Landscape of Project Preparation: A Gap Analysis
Leveraging National Development Banks to Enhance Financing for Climate-Smart Urban Infrastructure
International Forum on Low Carbon Cities
The forum intends to complement the ongoing initiatives and bring together local governments, international organizations, regional city networks, experts and other stakeholders to deliberate key issues on scaling up city-level climate actions.
Assessing Jakarta’s Climate Investments
This case study is a first-of-its-kind attempt to track public and private urban climate investment flows in Jakarta.
A Snapshot of Urban Green Finance in Two Indian Cities
This study examines the landscape of urban green finance in two Indian cities, Hyderabad and Kolkata
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.
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.
Integrating Benefits in Sustainable Infrastructure
C40 Cities Finance Facility and Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance have just released new research which outlines the role of PPFs in integrating benefits in sustainable infrastructure.
Event Report: The Alliance Forum for Subnational Project Preparation Practitioners in Mexico
CCFLA´s Project Preparation Action Group (PPAG) is committed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among all stakeholders working in the field of sustainable urban development towards the empowerment of local governments to develop bankable projects and access finance.
2021 State of Cities Climate Finance
The 2021 State of Cities Climate Finance Report examines the current state of urban climate investment, the barriers to reaching the needed investment levels, and the steps to overcoming these challenges.
The Landscape of Project Preparation: A Gap Analysis
The aim of this discussion paper is to map the PPF landscape and identify gaps in the project preparation offering to cities for sustainable and resilient infrastructure, using information gathered for the Green City Finance Directory.
Leveraging National Development Banks to Enhance Financing for Climate-Smart Urban Infrastructure
This report sets the stage to explore the mandate and capacities of National Development Banks in accelerating financing for local governments’ climate-smart urban infrastructure.
An Analysis of Urban Climate Adaptation Finance
While many cities have begun enacting policies and programs to build resilience towards climate hazards, there are numerous barriers to financing urban adaptation activities.
Blog: An Analysis of Urban Climate Adaptation Finance
This week the Alliance and the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center released a brief, An Analysis of Urban Climate Adaptation Finance Tracking.
Urban Climate Finance in the Wake of COVID-19
From the USD 20.5 trillion pledged to COVID-19 recovery globally, only USD 1.1 trillion have been committed to cities. This Alliance policy brief looks at COVID-19 recovery assistance for cities from key funders – national governments, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), and the private sector.
Alliance Inputs to U20 White Paper on Energy Efficiency and Diversification
The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance is participating as a knowledge partner in the U20, and has recently contributed to a whitepaper on Efficiency and Diversification: A Framework for Sustainably Transitition to a Carbon-neutral Economy.
Enhancing the Role of National Development Banks in Supporting Climate-Smart Urban Infrastructure
This new Policy Brief focuses specifically on enhancing the role that National Development Banks play in supporting the acceleration of climate-smart urban infrastructure.
Assessment Of CCFLA’s Value Chain For Early Stage Project Preparation In Mexico
Local and regional governments need significant technical and financial assistance to develop...
Summary of Good Practice of Successful Project Preparation Facilities
The CCFLA Project Preparation Action Group released a report entitled, “Summary of Good Practice...
CCFLA 2nd Mapping Report: “Localizing Climate Finance, mapping gaps and opportunities”
At the occasion of the High-Level Dialogue Day on Finance, Gender and SDG 11 of COP 23 held in...
The Bangkok-Johannesburg Blueprint
In November 2015 — ahead of the UN Climate Conference convening in Paris on November 30th — the...
The State of City Climate Finance 2015
The first “State of City Climate Finance” report was launched at Paris City Hall on 4th December...