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City Climate Finance Gap Fund aims to expand technical assistance to new cities
With lessons learned over its two years of operation, the Gap Fund climate initiative aims to expand its technical assistance...
Taking concrete steps to get climate finance to cities
Cities, regions and other local governments – where climate action so often ultimately plays out – are driving finance...
Joint WB and CCFLA blog on the State of Cities Climate Finance Report
The science is clear: Cities are hot spots for climate change, as reported by the latest IPCC report.
City Climate Finance Gap Fund completes first year of operation with support to 33 cities
The City Climate Finance Gap Fund (the Gap Fund) has approved technical assistance for 33 cities since its operational launch...
City Climate Finance Gap Fund approves support for six cities
The City Climate Finance Gap Fund (Gap Fund) announced today the second round of cities that will receive free technical...
City Climate Finance Gap Fund Approves First Round of Grants for Nine Cities
The City Climate Finance Gap Fund approved its first batch of technical assistance grants totaling $1.8 million to help nine...
A new fund for a new urban future
2020 has cast in sharp relief three overlapping global crises. A pandemic is devastating lives and health systems. A...
Activating more private capital to make cities more sustainable
Cities are home to more than half of the world’s population, and they are expected to add another 2.5 billion new residents...
Financing climate-smart urban development in the wake of COVID-19
Home to an ever-growing majority of people, and central hubs of traffic, industry, and commerce, cities simultaneously house...
Cities are the hub of the global green recovery
Today we live in times of a pandemic with a silent and aggressive virus, which can even be lethal and has transformed our...