The Little Book of City Climate Finance

The Little Book of City Climate Finance is a guide that outlines the challenges of urban climate financing and the components required to develop a city climate finance roadmap to meet mitigation and adaptation goals.

• Urban climate finance is hindered by several systemic obstacles, specifically the restricted ability of local governments to borrow or tax, and a deficiency of projects that are considered bankable. Addressing these requires customized finance approaches that account for a city's specific characteristics, governance, and policy environment.
• A city climate finance roadmap serves as the central mechanism for funding climate goals and must be supported by a robust city climate action plan. This plan should feature an inventory of urban emissions, a risk and vulnerability assessment, and the identification of investment themes and needs across short, medium, and long-term horizons.
• To successfully implement a finance roadmap, cities must develop a pipeline of bankable projects with clear costs and benefits. Increasing the likelihood of funding requires early alignment with national climate goals, early engagement with a diverse range of public and private funders, and the use of tailored financing instruments. International technical assistance may be necessary for project preparation and pipeline development.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2023). The Little Book of City Climate Finance. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/the-little-book-of-city-climate-finance

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. The Little Book of City Climate Finance. 2023. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/the-little-book-of-city-climate-finance.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2023little, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{The Little Book of City Climate Finance}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/the-little-book-of-city-climate-finance}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }