This report lays out the forces pushing emerging markets to leapfrog from the current system directly to modern renewables without passing through the intermediary stage of building up a huge electricity infrastructure based on fossil fuels.
This second part of the State of Cities Climate Finance report analyzes enabling frameworks and presents solutions for mobilizing climate finance for low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development pathways.
The first part of the State of Cities Climate Finance report provides a framework for consolidated tracking estimates of urban climate financial flows, which can be used in the future to monitor and benchmark progress, and provide a building block to improve funding performance.
The State of Cities Climate Finance report examines the current state of urban climate investment, the barriers to reaching the needed investment levels and the steps to overcoming these challenges.
This report outlines the case for central banks to consider nature-related risks and impacts, and offers recommendations for how central banks can take action.