Building Heat-Resilient Cities for All: Why South Asia’s Urban Poor Can’t Wait

Extreme heat is intensifying across South Asia, deepening inequalities for urban poor communities, especially women and informal workers. This blog explores the urgent need to scale finance for heat resilience, the systemic barriers that hinder progress, and four key levers to unlock equitable, climate-smart solutions for cities across the region.

PPF Connector Partnership Assessment Brief

This brief highlights lessons learned over the last 12 months through the PPF Connector program (September 2024 – September 2025). It focuses on learnings relevant to the international project preparation ecosystem, drawing on insights from the PPF Connector program.

CCFLA 2024 Impact Report

Learn about CCFLA’s 2024 impact in closing the investment gap for urban subnational climate projects and infrastructure worldwide.

Investing in Cities: Strengthening Urban Resilience Finance

This blog shares key takeaways from a high-level roundtable held during the 2025 London Climate Action Week, hosted by CCFLA, Howden, and Resilient Cities Network, on unlocking investment for urban climate resilience through public-private collaboration. The discussion emphasized keeping cities central to climate finance, improving coordination and data, fostering innovation, leveraging insurance to unlock capital, and addressing regulatory barriers and fragmented blended finance.

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.