City Climate Finance Gap Fund

This #WomensMonth, let us amplify the voices of the women shaping our City Climate Finance Gap Fund projects🚀 👷♀️. Their leadership drives progress, innovation, and inclusion! #WomenInInfrastructure #InclusiveLeadership #WomensMonth #IWD2025

The World Bank's City Climate Finance #GapFund's innovative tools and guidelines are helping Indonesia build energy-efficient homes, addressing housing shortages and urban emissions. Discover how: http://wrld.bg/5xo250UqOrU

🌍 🔄♻️ We have recently completed the pre-feasibility study on inter-municipal integrated #waste #management” in #Gjilan and #Ferizaj in Kosovo. This study lays out comprehensive measures for #WastePrevention, #SeparateCollection, #recycling, and #recovery, driving cities in Kosovo towards #CircularEconomy and #CarbonEmissions. Key results include: ✅ the need for upgrades to the regional waste landfill; ✅ a new transfer station for Ferizaj; ✅ plans for advanced waste management infrastructure like #MechanicalBiologicalTreatment and #AnaerobicDigestion plants. ✅ Exciting preliminary projects were identified, such as landfill reconstruction, composting facilities, and recycling centres.   ✅ The study emphasizes #intermunicipal #cooperation, with all municipalities signing agreements to jointly manage waste systems. In the words of Gjilan’s Mayor, Mr. Alban Hyseni, “through the pre-feasibility study we have managed to bridge significant gaps within policy and planning, thereby facilitating easier financial access for our municipalities. The experience has been transformative, offering us not just a study, but a vision to innovate and collaborate more effectively across our municipalities.” #SustainableWasteManagement #CircularEconomy #GreenFuture 

🗓️ 🌍 Last week at the City Climate Finance Gap Fund we kicked off 2025 with our annual meeting of the Partnership Forum in #Tirana, #Albania. It was a great opportunity to bring together #donors, #CityNetworks, representatives of local administrations and other #partners to reaffirm our commitment to support #cities in bridging the urban #ClimateAction financing gap and achieving #LowCarbon and #Resilient urbanization pathways.   Here are a few key highlights: ✅ Until December 2024, the Gap Fund has completed 55 technical assistance projects, with many more in progress, and approved support to more than 320 cities overall between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the The World Bank; ✅ We discussed strategic planning for the future in the evolving context of urban climate finance; ✅ Gap Fund-supported cities, including #Elbasan and #Shkodër (Albania) and #Gjilan and #Ferizaj (Kosovo), shared their experiences highlighting their unique journey and challenges. ✅A site visit to Elbasan offered us all powerful insights and a first-hand learning experience about local challenges and successes in the area of energy efficiency.   We extend our heartfelt thanks to our donors and partners, namely the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action , the International Climate Initiative, the Luxembourg Ministry of Environment, Climate and Biodiversity; the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), ICLEI, C40 Cities and the C40 Cities Finance Facility for their active participation, invaluable support, and commitment to driving urban climate action forward!

The @WorldBank's #GapFund supported the development of green, resilient, and affordable homes in #Indonesia, paving the way for Indonesia's ambitious national program aiming to build 1 million green homes by 2030. Discover how: https://lnkd.in/eg4hHeNe

🌞💡 Kick-Off Workshop for #EnergyEfficient Renovation of #PublicLighting in the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma Region    🗓️ On December 12, 2024 in Tangier we launched a technical assistance to support ten #municipalities in Morocco in modernizing their public lighting systems to improve energy efficiency. This initiative, led by the GIZ Energy Efficiency in Morocco project (PEEM) in collaboration with the City Climate Finance Gap Fund, aims to:  ✅ Conduct a comprehensive technical and #EnergyAudits of public lighting #infrastructure in each municipality.  ✅ Carry out feasibility studies to identify #investments and the optimal management model for each municipality.    The participating municipalities included Tetouan, Fnideq, M'diq, Martil, Al Hoceima, Ouezzane, Ksar El Kebir, Larache, Anjra and Assilah.   This workshop is an important milestone to establish the foundation for the technical assistance, discuss local challenges and expectations, and plan the next steps toward successful implementation.    #EnergyTransition #SustainableCities #PublicLighting #TTAH #ClimateChange GIZ Morocco

🌏 Kicking off the Technical Deep Dive (TDD) on Cities and Climate Change! The Gap Fund is excited to support the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) in hosting this important learning event. Over the coming days, delegations from Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Romania, Thailand, Türkiye, and Uganda will engage in in-depth discussions and knowledge sharing on tackling climate challenges in urban areas. By fostering collaboration and exchanging ideas, we aim to empower cities with the tools and strategies needed to build a more sustainable, resilient future. Stay tuned for updates from this transformative event! #ClimateAction #SustainableCities #UrbanResilience #GapFund #CitiesAndClimateChange World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center TDLC, City Resilience Program, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), Augustin Maria, Zoe Trohanis, Felipe Montoya Pino, Chandan Deuskar, Felipe Montoya Pino, Andrey Shanin, Duru Oksuz, Jon Kher K., Shin Tanabe, Christopher Pablo, Shoko Tawara, Haruka Miki, Luis Triveno, Steven Rubinyi, Marcel Ionescu-Heroiu, abebaw alemayehu, Tugkan Tanır, Ryan Green, Ricardo Ochoa Sosa

This past week at the World Urban Forum (#WUF12), we hosted a session on "Fostering Climate Action at a Local Level” with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), exploring how cities can turn climate plans into investment-ready projects. The session showcased successful city case studies, innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships, and practical solutions like project aggregation. Moderated by Melissa Kerim, our panelists Evans Gichana from the COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KISUMU; Augustin Maria, Global Lead for Cities and Climate Change at The World Bank; Nisreen Daoud of the Greater Amman Municipality; and Germano Bremm from Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre discussed practical strategies for making climate projects investment-ready. By enhancing project bankability and building multi-stakeholder partnerships, cities can become better equipped to overcoming the city climate finance gap and implement low-carbon, resilient urban projects. Thank you to our panelists and participants for contributing to this important discussion!

🌍 Join us tomorrow at the World Urban Forum 12 Egypt in Cairo for an impactful session on adapting urban environments through #nature-basedsolutions and #greeninfrastructure! 🌱🏙️ 📅 Date: November 6, 2024 ⏰ Time: 09:00 - 10:30 📍 Location: Room C, WUF12 venue 🌱 The event: "Cost-effective and Fair Adaptation - Nature-based Solutions and Green Infrastructure for Cities: Challenges and Opportunities" The session will bring together city leaders, urban planners, and climate and finance experts to explore strategies for integrating #NatureBasedSolutions into #urban #ClimateAction projects, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. You can expect: ✅ Knowledge sharing about real-life #challenges and #lessons learnt from cities already working with nature-based solutions. ✅ An overview of barriers #cities face and opportunities for #financing and deploying nature-based solutions. ✅ An interactive discussion with a Q&A session involving panellist and the audience. Speakers Include: Ms. Eleni (Lenio) Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer, UN-Habitat Ms. Giulia Macagno, Head of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund Technical Secretariat, EIB Prof. Mark Pelling, Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London Mr Gabriel Dias Mangolini Neves, Environmental Engineer, Campinas City Hall (Brazil) Mr Ashraful Islam, Chief Town Planner, Dhaka Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), Bangladesh Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and exchange insights on sustainable urban #adaptation! 🌍🌱

🌍 Join us tomorrow at the #WorldUrbanForum in Cairo, Egypt, for an insightful training on advancing sustainable #UrbanInfrastructure projects with the Gap Fund Step-Up Project! 🌱🏙️ 📅 Date: November 5, from 09:00 to 12:00 📍 Locations: WUF12 Venue, Multipurpose Room 14 – previous registration not required   🌱 Event: "Financing Urban Infrastructure - Innovative options to attract investors " This training will bring together officials from 9 cities supported by the City Climate Finance Gap Fund Fund across Africa and South America, aiming to enhance the financing and investment-readiness of urban #climate #resilience projects . The event is open to all interested stakeholders so join us and bring your experiences to the discussion! Key topics covered: ·      Sharing #lessonslearnt and #achievements from the Gap Fund SUP; ·      #Derisking instruments and innovative options to attract investors. Don’t miss this chance to connect with experts, network with #city leaders, and discuss the future of #ClimateResilient urban infrastructure!