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Session Description
Subnational governments need over $5 trillion annually to deliver on climate and SDG transitions, yet access to finance remains limited.
This session highlights efforts to unlock local financing, starting with a panel on unlocking subnational finance for green infrastructure, spotlighting systemic barriers and solutions to how cities can strengthen their institutional and financial capacity to access climate finance. Aligned with UrbanShift’s mission as well as messaging from SDSN Urban SDG Commission, Local2030, CCFLA, C40 the discussion will explore own-source revenue generation, bankability, and integrated financing frameworks.
The second panel dives into sectoral solutions—from passive cooling and clean construction to renewable energy integration—showing how cities are scaling building and cooling strategies to deliver just climate transitions. Featuring examples from city governments and reflections from national governments including Kenya, and contributions from JLL, ICLEI, GCoM and others This session supports COP30 goals of Global Mutirão and the Global Cooling Pledge and Buildings Breakthrough.
Agenda
Moderated by Rodrigo Corradi, Deputy Executive Secretariat of ICLEI South America
| Item | Presenters | Timing |
1. Introduction | Hongpeng Lei, Chief of Mitigation Branch, Climate Change Division, UNEP | 5 mins |
2. Panel 1: From funding to financing, designing bankability with subnationals for a just transition. | Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Chefchaouen, Morocco Alessandra Fidanza, Senior Advisor, Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Patricia Marcos Huidobro, Coordinator for the LAC Region, Global Environment Facility (GEF) | 25 mins |
| 3. Panel 2: Scaling Green Sectoral Local Solutions Through Cooling, Buildings & Energy | Renato Ogawa, Mayor of Barcarena, Brazil Kennedy Matheka, Deputy Director, Building Safety and Climate Resilience, Ministry of Lands, Public Works & Urban Development, Kenya Carolina Useche, Climate Action Director, WRI Colombia José Luiz Esteves da Fonseca, Executive Manager of Institutional Relations and Sustainability at MRV | 25 mins |
| 4. Interactive session with Slido |
| 15 mins |
| 6. Closing remarks | Dr. Lutz Morgenstern, Head of Division, International Climate Action and International Energy Transition, German Federal Ministry for Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - BMUKN | 5 mins |
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