{"id":4132,"date":"2019-01-31T02:02:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T02:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icleiseas.org\/?p=4132"},"modified":"2019-01-31T03:19:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T03:19:08","slug":"global-climate-city-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2019\/01\/31\/global-climate-city-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Climate City Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Global Climate City Challenge is a joint initiative of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the\u00a0Global Covenant of Mayors<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(GCoM), representing over 9,000 cities from six continents, to provide technical assistance that helps prepare and fast-track financing of urban climate action projects. The GCoM and the EIB collaborate on this Challenge with global and local city networks, including\u00a0Local Governments for Sustainability<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(ICLEI), the\u00a0C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as well as the\u00a0Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(GIZ).<\/p>\n

The Challenge is part of a new partnership under the umbrella of Global Urbis, an ambitious global initiative announced during the\u00a0One Planet Summit<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in Paris in December 2017 that provides cities and local governments around the globe with technical assistance and financing for climate action.<\/p>\n

Who can apply<\/h3>\n

The Challenge is open to municipal and local authorities or entities such as municipal companies, utilities and local banks with an interest in addressing climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Together with its partners, the EIB will choose six projects which will be taken through the Bank\u2019s appraisal process with the objective to obtain financing for their project and free project preparation and technical assistance support.<\/p>\n

We are looking forward to hearing from you if you have:<\/p>\n