Private sector financing can accelerate a green recovery for cities

How to mobilize private- sector financing for sustainable infrastructure

Domestic capital markets will be pivotal to financing investment, particularly the banks, pensions, and insurance companies that are growing fast and hold more ...

Mobilizing Private Climate Financing in Emerging Market and ...

While private sector investors can provide a large share of financing, the public sector can underwrite more risks, take on equity/junior ...

Record investment in C40 cities in the Global South projected to ...

However, a significant gap remains between finance available for urban climate action and investment needed. Finance from public and private ...

How cities can encourage private sector adaptation finance

Insurance. Rapid access to finance after a disaster event is vital for effective recovery. · Green bonds. Many cities can access low-cost capital for resilience ...

The Lab launches eight new finance solutions to drive climate action ...

COVID-19 has made sustainable urban development even more important as hard-hit cities need private investment to support job growth, yet must build sustainably ...

Unlocking Private Climate Finance in Emerging Markets

chance to seize the opportunity of delivering a green recovery that can accelerate their countries' transition towards net-zero. The experience of emerging ...

GREEN RECOVERY THROUGH THE CITIES

Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change? ... financial products to Urban Infrastructure sectors? You may.

Catalyzing private sector investments in climate smart cities

Green buildings3 can also lower the cost of living and help attract or retain talent in urban centers. Investing in resilience reduces costs to rebuild or ...

Financing Green Urban Infrastructure

Private sector involvement in urban green infrastructure can take the form of public-private partnerships (PPPs), in which the long-term risk is transferred ...

The opportunity to invest in resilient urban infrastructure

Multinational financing institutions can also bring in blended finance approaches to accelerate green, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure ...

Green Recovery for Practitioners

Examples of sectors that green public infrastruc- ture investment programmes could be applied to ... motorised vehicles in city centres to fund public.

Green Policies for Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast ...

Green finance can provide the fiscal firepower to manage ... funds and incentivizing green investments from the public and private sectors.

Creating local green jobs: the United States and Italy - C40 Cities

Prioritising green recovery in cities could ... recovery and climate interventions will create jobs in each sector in both countries.

Private sector financing | Green Climate Fund

As a risk inclined and impact-oriented institution, GCF plays a pivotal role in shifting and catalysing financial flows managed by the private sector into low- ...

Better Recovery - Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action

Sector-level guidance can be especially helpful around cities/urban contexts, where most stimulus investment will take place. Tools for resilience, broadly ...

Green Recovery and Finance for Sustainable Infrastructure

• Pre-development funding can accelerate project delivery. In October 2020, the ... Engaging the Private Sector in Green. Infrastructure Development and ...

Urban Sustainability Green Recovery - GEF

financial institutions, private sector, and others to suggest pathways for ... new opportunities to access international finance that can support urban green ...

Cities - where the fight for a green recovery will be won or lost - UNEP

Multi-level governance and including climate change actions in socio-economic recovery plans will allow cities to build back better, ...

City Climate Finance Gap Fund Launches to Support Climate-smart ...

As cities strive to recover from the economic impacts of COVID-19, investments in clean energy, climate-resilient water and sanitation, and ...

Banking on a just and green recovery: Lessons from 9 cities

Recent research shows a significant gap between the amount of finance cities receive and the amount they need to meet the climate emergency. To address this ...