Institutional investors, national governments, and local communities are all orienting their policies to promote serious investments in climate action and sustainable development. Despite this favorable environment, there exists a serious gap between how much money could be profitably invested in these projects, and how much money is actually being invested. There is an extreme shortage of projects that are robust en

With the number of people living in cities projected to reach 68% by 2050, mostly concentrated in Asia and Africa (90%), the role and capacity of local governments in addressing impacts of accelerated urbanization is critical. This requires integrated climate action: combining GHG avoidance and mitigation, as well as climate change adaptation and enhanced resilience. In this context (re)designing, building and improv

Local and regional governments are in the front line of climate action, and eager to scale up planning and action. In spite of the significant strides that have been made in recent years regarding the availability of climate finance for local projects, accessibility to finance remains limited as it relates to the wide range of priority projects identified by local and regional governments. Meanwhile project preparati