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Connecting projects and financing: tools for Brazilian states’ climate action
Portuguese version below Subnational climate financing is essential to accelerate climate action in Brazil, but state governments face challenges in structuring projects and identifying support opportunities for their implementation. The...
August 19, 2025
Karatay to Receive Gap Fund Support Following Strong Collaboration with GCoM–Gap Fund Partnership
The City of Karatay in Türkiye is taking a major step toward a low-carbon, climate-resilient future. On 29 July 2025, the City Climate Finance Gap Fund (Gap Fund) officially approved...
August 7, 2025
Strengthening Early‑Stage Support to Accelerate Urban Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean
As cities race to meet their climate goals, one key challenge remains: turning ideas into projects that can attract real investment. But cities don’t have to face this challenge alone....
July 25, 2025
Cities’ Knowledge to Shape Global Climate Science
Nairobi, 24 July 2025 – Cities are central to tackling climate change but remain underrepresented in global climate science, particularly in the Global South – a gap that experts and practitioners...
July 25, 2025
Cities are Shaping the Future of Global Climate Action. Here’s How.
A decade after the Paris Agreement, urban climate leadership is driving progress from the ground up. In the last decade, cities, regions, and states have emerged as the driving force...
July 24, 2025
Katowice and Santa Fe Forge Transatlantic Climate Exchange
In a city-to-city collaboration spanning two continents, Katowice and Santa Fe have teamed up to share solutions on climate change through the Global Covenant of Mayors’ Cities Meet Cities (CmC)...
July 24, 2025
Accelerating Collective Local Action in the Face of the Climate Crisis – GCoM Secretariat Newsletter, July 2025
From peer learning across continents to new finance roadmaps, technical assistance, and strategic partnerships, cities are demonstrating that solutions are already in motion – what is needed now is the...
July 23, 2025
Collaboration Between GCoM-Gap Fund Partnership and CoM SSA Helps African Cities Turn Climate Plans Into Action
Across Africa, cities are increasingly moving from climate ambition to implementation thanks to the growing collaboration between key regional stakeholders and initiatives – most notably the partnership between the GCoM-Gap...
July 17, 2025
Cities Connect on Energy, Circular Economy, and Community Resilience
The Cities Meet Cities (CmC) initiative of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) recently completed an inspiring cluster exchange involving four dynamic cities: Blacktown (Australia), Hang...
July 16, 2025
Cities Are Delivering: Now Scaled-Up And Direct Access to Finance Must Follow
Urban Climate Finance Agenda at the Forefront at the United Nations 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville The global development community gathered last week in Seville...
July 11, 2025
Publication by GCoM and ICLEI Highlights How Strategic Partnerships Are Critical to Accelerate Sustainable Urban Climate Action
A city’s journey from an initial climate project idea through to project implementation requires time, a substantial degree of preparation, resources, and capacities. Strong and strategic partnerships are also critical...
July 8, 2025
Cities at the Center: GCoM Showcases Inclusive, Innovative, and Scalable Climate Solutions at CCI25 in Córdoba
From July 1 to 3, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) actively contributed to the International Climate Conference “Latin American Commitment” (CCI25), held in Córdoba, Argentina....
July 4, 2025
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