Private sector financing can accelerate a green recovery for cities

New financing options are needed for cities to build and maintain essential services and infrastructure. Examples from waste management, ...

Increasing private sector investment into sustainable city infrastructure

Broadly speaking, public financing can be used to leverage ... Cities could benefit from new and innovative financial instruments such as green bonds.

Unlocking Urban Finance: The Vital Role of Project Preparation for ...

Accessing finance for climate-resilient and nature-positive projects can often be a daunting challenge for urban planners and policymakers, ...

How cities can attract private finance for climate action

According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the private sector has the potential to provide 70% to 90% of the total finance ...

Accelerating Urban Climate Finance in Low- and Middle- Income ...

Moreover, MDBs, particularly their private sector focused arms, can invest directly or ... Increase financing of private-sector companies ...

6 Shifts the Finance System Can Make to Build a Sustainable Future

To do this, governments can coordinate with the private sector to create high-quality employment in green industries that will enable ...

PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCING FOR CLIMATE ACTION AND ...

Accelerating progress toward green growth by mobilizing private sector finance requires that development and climate change stakehold- ers in ...

City Climate Finance - Global Covenant of Mayors

Trillions of dollars will be required to help cities build the low-emissions, resilient infrastructure necessary to combat and react to climate change. New ...

Funding and financing the zero emissions journey: urban visions ...

Cities are key players in the transition as they sit at the intersection of civil society, private sector, and R&I institutions, while consuming ...

Accelerating the green transformation of cities: role of the private ...

Achieving this will require impactful partnerships between cities, governments, the development financial institutions and the general financial ...

HOW CAN CLIMATE FINANCE SUPPORT COVID-19 RECOVERIES?

1 How do climate-related programs and investments help boost green economic recovery, especially for sectors, businesses, and regions hit hard by the COVID-19- ...

Activating more private capital to make cities more sustainable

Establishing venture fund structures or early concept development units could help local governments overcome those types of hurdles.

Small Business Green Recovery Fund to power US climate transition

The U.S. private sector faces the twin challenges of recovering from the devastating effects of the pandemic and transitioning to a low-carbon ...

CDP is accelerating equitable climate action through partnerships ...

As local economies begin their green transition, these collaborations are an opportunity to drive economic growth in cities and address social equity for a ...

Accelerating a green recovery of cities: Lessons from a scoping ...

There is an important opportunity to “build back better” especially reshaping urban form to shift to more vibrant and distributed, multifunctional, mixed-use ...

Improving Local Enabling Conditions for Private Sector Climate ...

There is an increasing number of good practice cases where city governments have successfully accessed private sector finance for climate ...

ROADMAP TO GREEN RECOVERY

could mean that new green urban spaces compete with public housing ... help ensure a well-functioning financial sector that can enable green private sector.

Why a green COVID-19 recovery is key for the future of our cities

Investing in low-carbon municipal waste and water could lead to a $2 trillion investment opportunity and the creation of more than 23 million ...

The Economic Case for Greening the Global Recovery through Cities

Investing in cities as part of COVID-19 recovery packages can help national governments create much needed economic security and jobs today, whilst making rapid ...

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 ...