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Workshop in Beirut Helps Arab Cities Build Stronger Climate Adaptation Pipelines with GCoM-Gap Fund Partnership

Workshop in Beirut Helps Arab Cities Build Stronger Climate Adaptation Pipelines with GCoM-Gap Fund Partnership

Beirut, Lebanon – In November 2025, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM)-City Climate Finance Gap Fund Partnership team joined the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut for a regional workshop on climate adaptation finance that brought together municipalities … read more

Supporting Municipalities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to Turn Climate Ideas into Action

Supporting Municipalities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to Turn Climate Ideas into Action

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM)–City Climate Finance Gap Fund Partnership team, together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Mayors for Economic Growth initiative, is continuing its work with municipalities in Moldova, Armenia and Ukraine to help them develop strong climate-focused project ideas. After an initial awareness raising webinar, the … read more

GCoM Showcases Global City–Business Collaboration

GCoM Showcases Global City–Business Collaboration

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) concluded a highly successful participation in the 2025 edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), reinforcing its role as a leading global platform connecting cities with European innovators to accelerate climate action implementation. As a strategic institutional partner of the congress, alongside the … read more

Cities Prove What’s Possible When Action Meets Implementation

A new joint assessment from GCoM and C40 Cities reveals strong and accelerating growth in local climate implementation across CHAMP-endorsing countries.   Belém, Brazil (20 November 2025) - As negotiations advance at COP30 to define the next era of climate ambition, a new joint assessment from the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy … read more

Cities Are Rapidly Moving From Climate Pledges to Real-World Implementation

At a decisive decade for climate action, cities and regions are increasingly recognized as essential partners in planning, implementing, and monitoring pioneering climate solutions, helping to embed national goals into local contexts. As a new joint assessment – launched today at COP30 – from the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) and … read more
Cities and States Put Nature-Based Solutions at the Heart of Climate Action in Rio

Cities and States Put Nature-Based Solutions at the Heart of Climate Action in Rio

At the COP30 Local Leaders Forum in Rio de Janeiro, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy–City Climate Finance Gap Fund Partnership team joined CDP Latam, Consorcio Brasil Verde (CBV), and Centro Brasil no Clima (CBC) to host “Nature’s Climate Potential: Connecting Financing Opportunities for Subnational Governments.” The session brought together more than … read more

COP30: Brazil Leads a New Global Effort to Accelerate Multilevel Climate Action

COP30: Brazil Leads a New Global Effort to Accelerate Multilevel Climate Action

Brazil and Germany announced as first CHAMP Co-Chairs, marking the start of the coalition’s implementation phase beyond COP30.   Belém, Brazil (11 November 2025) — At a high-level ministerial session of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change at COP30, the Government of Brazil unveiled two milestones to advance multilevel climate governance: the … read more
Urban Content in NDC 3.0 — A Global Snapshot for COP30

Urban Content in NDC 3.0 — A Global Snapshot for COP30

Cities remain central to the climate agenda: they concentrate rising risks, trillions in exposed assets and most future growth. The third round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs 3.0) shows a historic jump in how countries are internalizing this urban reality into their national contributions toward global efforts for climate change mitigation and adaptation.   Prepared … read more
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