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With a focus on accelerating urban climate finance and multi-level government, UrbanShift's third annual report dives into stories of progress and innovative ideas from across our network. UrbanShift's fourth year precipitated tremendous progress across the network of 23 cities as they advance sustainable solutions, and powerful calls to accelerate the flows of finance to cities so they can continue this transformational work.

In this State of Finance for Nature (SFN) publication, developed as an addendum to the 2022 SFN report, UNEP and the Penn Institute for Urban Research seek to take stock of urban Nature-based NbS investments, outline gaps and opportunities for NbS financing in cities, and map out best practices from cities around the world.

As engines of the global economy and centers of creativity and innovation, cities have always possessed enormous potential for change. They play a critical role, not only in championing climate action and reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement, but in building back better from the aftermath of COVID-19 and mobilizing resources to protect the lives and livelihoods of the world’s 4.4 billion urban residents.

The result of a two-year process bringing together governments, industry, academics and civil society, the Global Chemicals Outlook is being used by decision makers globally to build capacity and implement policy change to protect the environment and human health. GCO II is currently under development.