Publication: Local Governments Climate Finance Instruments - Global Experiences and Prospects in Developing Countries
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2024-04-15
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2024-04-15
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Local governments—especially cities and municipalities—in developing countries will be at the forefront of confronting and mitigating the impacts of climate change, and they need substantial financing to address this challenge. However, they often lack the fiscal resources for such investments. To address this financing gap, they will need to utilize a variety of financing sources and instruments. This joint publication of the World Bank and the UN Capital Development Fund aims to help cities and local governments better understand the various climate finance instruments and sources available to them, including intergovernmental fiscal transfers, own-source revenues, municipal borrowing (loans and bonds), public-private partnerships and credit-enhancement instruments such as guarantees. It provides information on each of these instruments - organized in a conceptual framework – and highlights international experience and 18 case studies on their use from around the world. The report also recommends various actions that cities, local and national governments and development partners can take to increase access to these instruments to help meet climate investment needs in cities.
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“World Bank; United Nations Capital Development Fund. 2024. Local Governments Climate Finance Instruments - Global Experiences and Prospects in Developing Countries. © World Bank and UNCDF . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41417 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”