Moving Past Pledges Towards Implementation: How Financing Climate Projects in Cities is Key to Achieving Global Climate Goals
Analyzing public data from over 1,100 disclosing cities, representing 20% of the world’s urban population, and making the case for better disclosure to help close a critical information gap in financing and investment needs.
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CDP
Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Cities around the world have been moving beyond pledges to concrete project opportunities, steadily expanding their pipelines, improving their data and identifying a rapidly growing need for finance. Developed in partnership with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), this global snapshot draws on CDP-ICLEI public data from over 1,100 disclosing cities, representing 20% of the world’s urban population. For the first time, this snapshot highlights city climate project disclosure trends from 2020 to 2024 as well as emerging insights from the 2025 reporting cycle.