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23/08/2021

Unturning the stones – Exploring Climate Finance for Asian Cities

Call for Expression of Interest for the virtual dialogue event

Ausschnitt von der Stadt Jodhpur, Indien, aus der Vogelperspektive
Bird's eye view of the city of Jodhpur, India | Photo: Jeremy Bishop auf Unsplash

Date: Tuesday to Thursday - 28 – 30th September 
Time: 8:30 – 12:30 CEST / 12:00 – 16:00 IST
Duration: 3 online sessions of 4 hours each - including breaks and networking activities
Language: English

Cities are at the forefront of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, as well as actions that contribute to the achievement of all global agendas.  In many cities, with a rapidly growing population, key basic infrastructure such as transportation, clean water and sanitation, energy systems, housing and social services still need to be established or developed.  In addition to the need for proper funding cities also need to design then implement green and sustainable solutions that leapfrog current unsustainable patterns. It is essential to develop innovative and efficient financing approaches to build climate resilient and low-carbon cities.

The main objective of the event is to offer a platform for exchange and mutual learning, to further develop existing municipal project ideas and learn about practical solutions for current financing challenges at local level. With peer-to-peer advice and design thinking as core methodologies, the virtual event aims to offer technical support for improving project ideas, as well as structured discussions about different challenges involving climate finance possibilities for cities. Moreover, relevant knowledge products and references will be offering insights into different financing options / funds to implement projects via several project development facilities as well as good-practices from the region.

This is an invitation from TUrbOCliC (Transformation – Urban Opportunities – Climate Change), an initiative from GIZ’s sector networks TUEWAS (Transport Environment Energy and Water in Asia) and SNGA (Governance Asia) and Connective Cities. The event will consist of synchronous (live) online-sessions from 28 to 30th of September and asynchronous networking and knowledge sharing on the connective cities community.

The event is taking place in cooperation with   C40 Cities Finance Facility (CFF), Financing Energy for Low-Carbon Investment - Cities Advisory Facility (FELICITY), Sector Project Cities, Leading Urban Climate Action (LUCA), City Climate Finance Gap Fund (Gap Fund) , Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) , Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA) and several bilateral GIZ projects in Asia, including Climate Smart Cities (CSC), Climate Resilient Inclusive Smart Cities (CRISC), Sustainable Urban Development – Smart Cities (SUD-SC), Capacity Development Support to Governance (CD-SG) among others.  

We welcome delegations of one or two urban practitioners / experts per city (financing, public works / infrastructure, planning departments) working respectively on the topic, with a possibility of being accompanied by a partner from the civil society, private sector or academia, in partner countries where organizers / collaborators are active (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal and Philippines)

Please find more information in our Call for Expression of Interest / concept note (pdf)

For applications and queries from interested experts, please contact:

Fatina Toukan Connective Cities
Luciana Maia Knowledge and community management consultant for TUrboClic
events(at)connective-cities.net


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