Developing projects to address climate change in cities
Read our latest report!OUR APPROACH
Our goal is simple: We facilitate access to finance for climate change mitigation and resilience projects in cities. To achieve our goals we target four main areas:
Project preparation
of climate change infrastructure projects in cities
Capacity development
of city administrations to mobilise and access multiple financing instruments
Knowledge sharing
to other cities, practitioners and policy-makers
Partnerships
between cities, financiers and other organisations
Our Projects
The C40 Cities Finance Facility supports cities to prepare and deliver climate change projects.
News and Events
South African cities learn from eThekwini’s transformative riverine management
KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY
The Knowledge Library is a collection of reports, videos, tools and briefing guides.
Learn from Other Cities
Transformative riverine management in Durban: Background and structuring
This report presents Durban’s learnings from the establishment, implementation and planned upscaling of transformative riverine management projects.
Case StudyLearn from Other Cities
Paying for bike sharing systems: Examples and trends
This report, part of an upcoming academic collection of contributions about bike-sharing in Latin America, outlines the available financing and funding options for such systems.
Guidance DocumentTransport
Electrifying Bus Routes: Insights from Mexico City’s Eje 8 Sur
This report covers the process of how Mexico City chose the best e-bus technology for the Eje 8 Sur and what other cities should consider.
Guidance Document CFFGovernance
Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Government of the United Kingdom, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the initiative is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.
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