Symposium
UrbanShift at World Urban Forum: Scaling-up Financing for an Urban Shift towards Nature-Positive and Climate-Resilient Cities
6 November 2024
Cairo , Egypt
- Overview
UrbanShift at World Urban Forum: Scaling-up Financing for an Urban Shift towards Nature-Positive and Climate-Resilient Cities
6 November
Cairo, Egypt
This partner-led event will further highlight the need for scaling up financing for the localization of the SDGs and other global environmental goals, by drawing on the experiences from UrbanShift cities, countries and partners, and the recommendations of the Urban SDG Finance Commission. It will more specifically explore how national governments can unlock financing for local governments to implement sustainability activities.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.