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Established in 2020, the City Climate Finance Gap Fund is a climate action trust fund that provides early-stage project preparation support to cities in developing countries. Cities play a critical role in advancing global efforts to combat climate change and while a number of cities are developing important climate action projects, many lack the resources and capacity to advance them beyond the planning stage. The City Climate Finance Gap Fund seeks to address this shortfall by providing the technical assistance needed to turn climate-focused ideas into concrete urban project proposals.

The trust fund is part of the City Climate Finance Gap Fund Initiative is implemented jointly by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank in partnership with GIZ and several other partners. It has already raised a total amount of €105 million in donor commitments.

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At a glance

The City Climate Finance Gap Fund help cities to take climate action.

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Priority sectors

Climate-smart urbanisation

Urban climate resilience and adaptation

Water and sewerage

Urban mobility

Energy efficient affordable housing

Our donors

  Germany and   Luxembourg are the first countries to contribute to the EIB-managed City Climate Finance Gap Fund.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Donor-financed operations through our trust funds make a direct contribution to several of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our collective actions unlock billions of euros in investment to combat climate change, eradicate poverty and fight inequality. These are some of the global goals targeted by our trust fund. 

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Donor-funded instruments

The EIB uses donor funds to enhance the development impact of investment projects. The City Climate Finance Gap Fund provides technical assistance and advisory services to cities.

Eligibility

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Cities in countries that are eligible for official development assistance, according to the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee list, may receive funding from the City Climate Finance Gap Fund for urban climate action projects.

They include countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the EU’s Neighbourhood, Latin America and the Pacific.

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