The C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF) is excited to announce its latest ‘Call for City Applications’ to advance climate action infrastructure projects with cities in the Global South.
The announcement was made today by the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, at the Urban 20 (U20) summit in the city.
The UNFCCC’s award-winning project preparation facility, implemented jointly by GIZ and C40, seeks applications for transformative projects relating to both climate mitigation and adaptation.
Launched in 2015 at COP21 in Paris by Mayor Paes, CFF has become a leading partner to cities pursuing transformative climate action. By putting cities in the lead, CFF is helping cities prepare and implement urban infrastructure projects that address the impacts and injustices of climate breakdown and that make a real difference to people’s lives.
“As the C40 Cities Finance Facility enters its tenth year, the climate infrastructure gap continues to exist” said Mark Watts, C40 Cities Executive Director at the U20 summit. “With support from the CFF, mayors and cities across the world are leading the way with finance-ready, transformative solutions to halt climate breakdown and improve the lives of their residents”.
From Mumbai to Medellín and Durban to Dakar, CFF has partnered with 30 cities across four regions, successfully developing 36 transformative urban climate infrastructure projects and leveraging over $1 billion in climate finance.
“Working with cities in taking bold climate actions in the Global South is central to C40 Cities’ mission, and we remain delighted to invite cities to submit their innovative project proposals. This move offers cities a crucial opportunity to access the technical support they would need to advance key infrastructure priorities and to deliver on a just transition,” stated Mayor of Freetown and C40 Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE.
CFF has secured significant follow-on funding commitments from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). This multi-million dollar funding will allow CFF to grow its impact and efforts to support cities to 2027.
The Urban20 summit marks the official launch of CFF’s Call for City Applications, with the first round of shortlisted projects expected by February 15, 2025. Project applications covering infrastructure in critical climate resilience and mitigation areas, including nature-based solutions, green and blue infrastructure, renewable energy and buildings, sustainable mobility, as well as water and waste management are encouraged from all large and megacities in the Global South.
For more information on CFF and how to apply, please visit: www.c40cff.org /apply.