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UrbanShift Annual Report 2023-2024
With a focus on accelerating urban climate finance and multi-level government, UrbanShift's third annual report dives into stories of progress and innovative ideas from across our network.
UrbanShift's fourth year precipitated tremendous progress across the network of 23 cities as they advance sustainable solutions, and powerful calls to accelerate the flows of finance to cities so they can continue this transformational work.
The 2023-2024 UrbanShift Annual Report spans a robust year of capacity-building and on-the-ground transformation, highlighting everything from the UrbanShift Latin America Forum in Belém, Brazil to innovative urban ideas like bioeconomies and people-centered resilience strategies. Featuring voices from across the network and stories of progress and transformation, the program's penultimate Annual Report for UrbanShift provides a comprehensive overview of how UrbanShift is accelerating urban resilience and sustainability.
Explore highlights from the 2023-2024 Annual Report here, and download the report to read in full above.
UrbanShift Looks Back: On the Value of Expanding Access to Urban Climate Finance
C40's Jessy Appavoo, ICLEI's André Almeida da Vila, and UNEP's Sharon Gil share why and how UrbanShift has prioritized support for cities to access climate finance.
Unlocking Subnational Finance for Green Sectorial Transformation: A Focus on Buildings & Cooling
Hosted during COP30 in Belém, Brazil, these dynamic panel discussions will explore strategies for enhancing access to transformative finance, and how these resources can support local climate transitions.
Sustainable Finance Action and Advocacy: A Roadmap for Global South Cities
This C40-led webinar, held alongside 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), aimed to equip mayors with the tools they need to advocate for expanded and accelerated access to urban climate finance.
UrbanShift Looks Back: On the Importance of Facilitating Multi-Level Collaboration
Over the course of the UrbanShift program, ICLEI has led on National-Local Dialogues and other efforts to support enhanced collaboration across levels of government to create more aligned, actionable climate strategies.
