- Enabling environment/capacity building for project proponents
- Project scoping, ideation, and concept note development
- Development of pre-feasibility studies
- Development of feasibility studies
- Project financial structuring
- Matchmaking with investors and funders
The C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF) facilitates access to finance for climate change mitigation and resilience projects in urban areas by providing technical assistance to develop cities’ sustainability priorities into bankable investment proposals.
The CFF aims to deliver project preparation and capacity development, and to widely share knowledge and establish partnerships between cities and financiers.
The CFF targets four main areas:
- Project preparation - Connecting infrastructure projects to finance and providing cities with the support and expertise they need.
- Unbiased expertise - Prioritising the city and its residents by connecting cities to the finance instruments most suited to them.
- Equity & Inclusion - Making sure that every solution, in design and implementation, creates positive outcomes for marginalised groups.
- Partnership in action - Building meaningful and lasting relationships between cities, financiers and policy-makers.
To be eligible for CFF support, applicants must be a representative of a city government or of a municipal agency, and the city must be located in a country that is eligible for official development assistance according to the OECD DAC list.
Additional eligibility criteria are made available during calls for proposals.