Report
UrbanShift Annual Report 2023-2024
With a focus on accelerating urban climate finance and multi-level government, UrbanShift's third annual report dives into stories of progress and innovative ideas from across our network.
UrbanShift's fourth year precipitated tremendous progress across the network of 23 cities as they advance sustainable solutions, and powerful calls to accelerate the flows of finance to cities so they can continue this transformational work.
The 2023-2024 UrbanShift Annual Report spans a robust year of capacity-building and on-the-ground transformation, highlighting everything from the UrbanShift Latin America Forum in Belém, Brazil to innovative urban ideas like bioeconomies and people-centered resilience strategies. Featuring voices from across the network and stories of progress and transformation, the program's penultimate Annual Report for UrbanShift provides a comprehensive overview of how UrbanShift is accelerating urban resilience and sustainability.
Explore highlights from the 2023-2024 Annual Report here, and download the report to read in full above.
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This report is aimed at defining implementation options for national governments to significantly scale up finance for subnational climate action in close partnership with subnational governments, development partners, and the private sector.
UrbanShift 3rd Steering Committee Meeting
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Sustainable Finance Action and Advocacy: A Roadmap for Global South Cities
Commissioned by C40 Cities, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM), and UrbanShift, this Roadmap provides evidence-backed insights, policy recommendations, and tools for Global South city mayors.
National Climate Finance Vehicles: Best Practice Insights from International Case Studies
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