Habitat III: What Needs to be Done on Financing Urban Development
The Mexico City Habitat III meeting on financing urban development is underway. The meeting is meant to provide input to…
P3: Bridging the Resilience Finance Gap
When it comes to financing urban resilience, there is a clear gap between demand and supply. Comprehensive resilience infrastructure will…
Transformative Actions Program (TAP) on Center Stage at Cities & Regions Pavilion
The Transformative Actions Program (TAP) showcased local and subnational climate action at COP21 in Paris, as local and subnational governments…
UCLG: Leverage Climate Finance to Finance the Sustainable City
This blog post was prepared by UCLG. In line with the dynamic started during the World Summit Climate & Territories in…
Cities Alliance & UN-Habitat: Hurdling the Barriers to Deliver Climate Finance to Cities
Cities Alliance and UN-Habitat hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion on 9 December. Entitled “Low Carbon and…
AFD: Building Capacity to Deliver Local Climate Finance
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on…
Gothenburg: “Giving Finance a Color”: Green Bonds and sustainable urban development
The City of Gothenburg hosted a session at the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015 at COP21 on Thursday, 3…
Agence Française de Développement (AFD): “How Can Development Banks and Local Financial Institutions Promote Climate Finance for Local Authorities?”
As a key partner of the Cities & Regions Pavilion – TAP2015, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) will host…
Selecting Transformative Local Climate Projects for Implementing Partners
When we ask cities about their climate projects, they often explain that funding is inadequate. When we ask financial institutions…
Mixing Financial Resources for Local Climate Action
At Metropolitan Solutions 2015, we sat down with Eva Ringhof – Social Development Specialist at the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA)…
Developing Bankable Projects for Cities
At Metropolitan Solutions 2015, we interviewed Klaus Gihr (Head of Division, Energy, Water and Agriculture Unit, KfW Development Bank). Below…
Resilient Cities 2015 Interviews: Anne Odic
We conducted a series of interviews at our Resilient Cities 2015 congress. Here, Anne Odic of the Agence Française de Développement…