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This C40-led webinar, held alongside 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), will equip mayors with the tools they need to advocate for expanded and accelerated access to urban climate finance.
City officials will engage with regional and global experts to strengthen their knowledge and capacity to implement sustainable urban practices.
C40’s Viola Follini, Matheus Ortega, Emily White, Anelise Rosa, and Amaia Leonet discuss the value of bringing a wide range of sectors—from mayors to the private sector—to the table to accelerate urban transformation.
The final UrbanShift Steering Committee Meeting will reflect on progress across the network and offer opportunities for collaboration across partners.
How can we ensure tourism not only thrives but also helps protect our planet?
To accelerate the circular economy transition in Morocco, UrbanShift and ICLEI will gather representatives from all of the country's regions to collaborate and discuss shared goals.
From an inspiring study tour on urban cable cars to insight-filled trainings on climate action planning and finance, UrbanShift has supported Freetown—and all of Sierra Leone—to accelerate its climate goals.
The dialogue will focus on further strengthening metropolitan and interfederative governance across three Brazilian regions.
In this final finance-focused edition of the UrbanShift newsletter, we reflect on four years of empowering local governments to advance local sustainable urban infrastructure. Maryke van Staden, Director of ICLEI’s carbonn Climate Center, highlights key milestones, including the 10th anniversary of the TAP project pipeline. We also share what’s still to come as UrbanShift enters its final phase.
The 2024 State of Cities Climate Finance report (SCCFR) provides the most comprehensive assessment of urban climate flows and needs globally. It aims to inform action on mobilizing finance for city-level climate action at scale by 2030.