The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance
CPI is Secretariat for the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), the main multi-level and multi-stakeholder coalition aimed at closing the investment gap for urban subnational climate projects and infrastructure worldwide.
CCFLA provides a platform to convene and exchange knowledge among all relevant actors dedicated to urban development, climate action, and financing.
The more than 80 CCFLA members include public and private finance institutions, governments, international organizations, NGOs, research groups, and networks that represent most of the world’s largest cities.
Featured work
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The State of Cities Climate Finance
The 2021 State of Cities Climate Finance Report examines the state of urban climate investment, the barriers to reaching the needed investment levels, and the steps to overcoming these challenges.
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An Analysis of Urban Climate Adaptation Finance
While many cities have begun enacting policies and programs to build resilience towards climate hazards, there are numerous barriers to financing urban adaptation activities.
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Building Climate Resilience in Cities through Insurance
The combined impacts of Covid-19 and the current onslaught of climate shocks and stressors emphasizes the need for protection systems for the future – where people are better protected from extreme risk.
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Latest work
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Supporting Access to Climate Finance for Small and Intermediary Cities: A Guide for Project Preparation Facilities
This guide focuses on the role of Project Preparation Facilities (PPFs) in helping municipal governments and other public sector entities in small and intermediary cities unlock greater access to finance for climate infrastructure projects.
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Financial Aggregation Blueprints for Urban Climate Infrastructure
This report helps mainstream municipal financial aggregation by expanding the evidence base for successful case studies. It aims to provide cities and CCFLA members with detailed “how-to” guidance that can be used as a reference when developing their financial aggregation instruments.
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Improving Local Enabling Conditions for Private Sector Climate Investments in Cities
Barriers to private urban climate investments can be found at the macro, city, and project levels. This Report explores the barriers, good practice lessons, and recommendations to improve local enabling conditions to attract private sector capital to support climate investments in cities of emerging economies.
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CCFLA: 2022 Highlights and Impact
CCFLA 2022 Highlights and Impact Report outlines the progress and key milestones achieved in 2022, and highlights members’ knowledge products and case studies.
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Pension Funds as Climate Investors: the Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act
The IRA has potential to address some of the key barriers that subnational pension funds face in making climate investments.
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Policy Brief: How to Increase Financing for Urban Climate Adaptation and Resilience
This policy brief presents key actions for national policymakers around the world to increase the amount of available finance for cities to respond to climate risks.
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Increasing Subnational Pension Funds’ Climate Investments
This report explores the ways in which pension funds represents a key source of capital for urban climate action.
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Financing Net Zero Carbon Buildings
This paper is the output of an exercise that aims to build the foundation for future work by the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (the Alliance) through a structured approach to analyze the challenges and priorities relevant to cities in decarbonizing the buildings sector.
