Six Reasons Why Urban Adaptation Finance Is Falling Short in the Global South

Cities are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. While the need for urban adaptation is growing, funding remains alarmingly low. This blog from CCFLA reveals why finance isn’t flowing—and what can be done to close the gap.

CCFLA Strategy: Unlocking Urban Climate Finance at Scale

CCFLA’s 2025–2030 Strategy builds on the foundation developed over the past ten years, outlining how CCFLA will scale its impact, adapt to emerging trends, and drive system-level change in the way climate finance flows to cities and regions.

Integrating Urban Priorities into Country Platforms: Scaling Climate Finance through Multi-Level Collaboration

CCFLA and SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance convened a session during the 2025 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC to explore how country platforms – emerging as central tools for scaling climate finance – can more effectively integrate urban priorities. The event also marked the launch of a joint paper by CCFLA and the SDSN Global Commission, developed with input from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which presents a framework for urban-inclusive country platforms. 

Integrating Urban and Subnational Priorities into Country Platforms

This policy brief presents a framework for urban-inclusive country platforms, aiming to support national governments in systematically integrating urban and subnational needs into the design, governance, financing, and implementation of country platforms.

CCFLA Urban Adaptation and Resilience Finance Workstream Scoping Paper

This scoping paper aims to help shape CCFLA’s new Urban A&R Finance Workstream by (1) identifying key challenges in urban A&R finance, (2) mapping CCFLA members’ current priorities and activities for addressing these obstacles, (3) identifying any remaining gaps in action to address these challenges, and (4) providing recommendations for how the workstream and the broader CCFLA community can effectively address them.