Chapter 9: - Financing Interventions for Climate Change in Cities Quick facts

Inaction is not livelihoods and well-being for urban residents.6 Moreover, when the an option: the economic costs of climate change-related damages have planning and financing of such investments addresses vulnerabilities and increased sevenfold since the 1970s2 and are projected to continue inequalities, the potential benefits can be truly transformative, with the rising for the foreseeable futur. [...] With that in mind, this chapter aims to contribute to the which are home to the majority of the world’s population and are on the discussions on increasing the quantity and quality of finance available frontline of the human-induced climate crisis. [...] consider the quality of finance to cities Context – relevant financing for urban climate action Section 9.1 begins by framing the context of urban climate finance through should therefore recognize the reality of unequal a review of the current debates on financing climate interventions, from vulnerabilities and target specific projects and the global to the local, concluding with a clear definiti. [...] It is estimated that the global average urban climate action loss from the cost of repairing damages to critical infrastructure as a Cities need to mobilize trillions of dollars to finance the transition to result of natural and climate disasters, the lost economic, social and inclusive, sustainable and climate—resilient futures. [...] improving the framework and mechanisms of ensuring equitable access to finance for climate action Strengthen enabling conditions at national and local level: National governments have a crucial role to play in the access of urban climate finance, both through the provision (direct or indirect) of 9.8 Concluding Remarks and Lessons for financial assistance and through regulations to reduce the ris.