We support cities and regions in Asia, Africa and South America in developing community-wide 100 percent renewable energy strategies, by increasing awareness and stakeholder engagement and assessing project concepts, financeability and implementation plans.

We catalyze and improve capital flows to cities, towns and regions and strengthen their capacity to access climate finance and attract investment through a robust pipeline of innovative and ambitious local projects that promotes transformation toward more resilient and sustainable cities and regions.

We run a network of European public authorities to connect, exchange and guide the implementation of sustainable and innovative public procurement.

We use multilevel action to accelerate low-emission development and climate resilience across cities worldwide, strengthening cooperation and data sharing across national and local governments and working at the city level on capacity development, pilot projects and finance models designed to advance implementation and deliver on global climate goals.

We facilitate the Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues, which bring together local, regional and national governments and a diversity of climate stakeholders to take stock of, shape and strengthen Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – national climate action plans submitted under the Paris Agreement.

We are a founding partner of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and support cities and other subnational governments in complying with the climate commitment process, enabling them to make unique commitments and take action within their local context, in ways and at a pace that are appropriate to address their prioritized development actions and fitted to their means and aspirations.

We capacitate local governments in Southeast Asia to develop inclusive low emission development strategies through active citizen engagement and integration of stakeholder pledges into targets and planned activities, ultimately raising the level of ambition in national climate action plans submitted under the Paris Agreement.

We strengthen the integration of biodiversity management at all levels of government and facilitate cooperation for ecosystem management in urban regions.

We provide support and infrastructure for industrial legacy cities around the world, to identify common challenges, share knowledge and co-create solutions as part of managing their environmental, economic and social transition to a sustainable future.

We lead the EcoMobility Alliance in pioneering integrated transport options that are environmentally-friendly, socially inclusive and urban space-friendly, by connecting them with experts, businesses and international organizations, ultimately strengthening sustainable urban transport globally.

We build capacity across local governments to develop and implement low carbon urban freight policies and practices through urban freight emission assessment tools, pilot demonstration projects, taking a multilevel governance approach designed to shape national policy recommendations.

We promote food security, social inclusion, economic development and environmental resource management by combining networking with training, policy guidance and technical expertise on city-region food systems worldwide.

We engage local, national and global decision makers, and city staff and urban resilience and adaptation experts in a global platform designed to assess global resilience indicators and forge new partnerships to advance resilient urban development.

We work as part of the City Climate Planner Certificate Program to train and certify professionals working with greenhouse gas inventories, offering skills development in designing, planning and implementing green growth initiatives, in order to increase the global talent base of local climate planning specialists.

We assess the potential for district energy systems, which produce steam, hot water or chilled water at a central plant, making them much more efficient and less energy consuming, and develop integrated roadmaps for energy policy and investment in South Asia.

We support local and regional governments with tracking and reporting on their climate targets, actions and performance through our leading global reporting platform designed for transparency, accountability and credibility.

We accelerate the implementation of building efficiency policies and programs across cities in the Global South, in direct support of the Building Efficiency Accelerator, in order to translate global expertise into action in cities.