The lack of data about the supply and demand for urban mitigation and adaptation projects is a significant information gap that stymies efforts to increase funding urban programs at every scale. In particular, cities struggle with funding pathways that can simultaneously target GHG reduction and increase the resilience of billions of urban residents to the negative impacts of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. The absence of data weakens country-level data and global statistical systems and political will to increase financing flows to cities. 

The global financial systems are also undergoing substantial reforms and transitions to improve climate, biodiversity, and resilience financing pathways, including catalyzing greater direct investment in cities. This upcoming year presents an urgent window of opportunity to engage with experts and decision-makers to improve the enabling environments for urban climate finance and resilience solutions. 

Together with our partners, we are building an open source knowledge-sharing platform that will enable mayors, city officials and municipal stakeholders to:

• Understand the current landscape of climate-resilient infrastructure finance for cities: the players, finance instruments and funding models;
• Explore and evaluate best practices, innovation case studies and other research in climate-resilient infrastructure finance;
• Demonstrate an interest in urban issues.
• Access the full range of financing opportunities

C²IFI is also developing a series of briefs with policy recommendations and strategies to enhance climate-resilient infrastructure financing at the city level. 

Read the C²IFI Project Brief