An Analysis of Urban Climate Adaptation Finance

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) outlines an analysis of urban climate adaptation finance, focusing on the challenges of tracking financial flows and the objective of identifying gaps to mobilize resilience solutions in global urban areas by 2030.

• Urban areas face significant climate-related risks, including amplified heat waves, floods, droughts, and coastal inundation. CDP data from 2018 shows that 85% of cities experienced major climate-related disruptions, such as surface flooding and extreme weather.
• Climate change exacerbates chronic urban risks, specifically the potential for large-scale internal migration. The World Bank estimates that climate hazards could force 143 million people to migrate internally by 2050, with many moving to cities for economic opportunities.
• Tracking urban adaptation finance is hindered by several data and reporting challenges, including a lack of measurement standards, confidentiality requirements, context dependency, and uncertain causal links. Additionally, defining geographic and jurisdictional boundaries presents a unique challenge for urban tracking.
• The analysis aims to estimate the size, geographic focus, sectoral focus, and instruments of primary financial flows to urban climate adaptation. It utilizes three primary data sources: CPI’s Global Landscape of Climate Finance, World Bank Private Participation in Infrastructure, and CDP Cities.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2021). An Analysis of Urban Climate Adaptation Finance. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/an-analysis-of-urban-climate-adaptation-finance/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. An Analysis of Urban Climate Adaptation Finance. 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/an-analysis-of-urban-climate-adaptation-finance/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2021analysis, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{An Analysis of Urban Climate Adaptation Finance}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = feb, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/an-analysis-of-urban-climate-adaptation-finance/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }