C40 Cities Finance Facility: Partnering to Mobilize Finance for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure

This fact sheet provides information on the C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF), a broad program run by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Groups and Germany’s aid implementer GIZ to help cities in developing countries finance infrastructure projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and withstand environmental impacts.

This fact sheet provides information on the C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF), a broad program run by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Groups and Germany’s aid implementer GIZ to help cities in developing countries finance infrastructure projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and withstand environmental impacts.

CFF operates through four core activities:
  • Project preparation of urban climate change investment projects for sustainable financing
  • Capacity development of city administrations to mobilize and access a broad range of financing instruments
  • Knowledge sharing beyond CFF partner cities via peer-to-peer learning and CFF stakeholders
  • Partnerships between cities, investors, financiers and their representatives
The C40 Cities Finance Facility is currently funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and USAID, with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). The C40 Cities Finance Facility is also cooperating with several development-focused investor groups and platforms to attract investment for projects, as well as urban development networks and initiatives to identify synergies and share best practices.