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CONNECTING CITIES TO THE RIGHT FINANCE

We turn resilient and inclusive climate action plans into real-world projects

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LARGE SCALE, MEASURABLE IMPACT

We collaborate with cities to prepare and implement urban infrastructure projects that improve the lives of residents.

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Transport

Bogotá

Bogotá Cycle Highway

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Adaptation

Durban

eThekwini (Durban) Adaptation

OUR APPROACH

We facilitate access to finance for climate change mitigation and resilience projects in cities. To achieve our goals we target four main areas:

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Project preparation
Connecting infrastructure projects to finance and providing cities with the support and expertise they need.

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Unbiased expertise
Prioritising the city and its residents by connecting cities to the finance instruments most suited to them.

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Equity & Inclusion
Making sure that every solution, in design and implementation, creates positive outcomes for marginalised groups.

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Partnerships in action
Building meaningful and lasting relationships between cities, financiers and policy-makers.

THE KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY

Learn from other cities and discover how you can take action to tackle climate change.

Transport

How to electrify a bus depot

An overview of the key steps and considerations needed when designing or retrofitting a zero-emission bus depot as part of accelerating zero-emission bus deployment in urban areas.

Report CFF
Electroterminal Santiago

OUR PARTNERS

CFF is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Jointly implemented by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, combining a global network of climate leaders with world class expertise in sustainable development cooperation.

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