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Megacities andCreditworthiness

21 May 2014

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Megacities and climate change

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The 67 C40 CitiesAddis AbabaAmsterdamAthensAustinBangkokBarcelonaBaselBeijingBerlinBogotaBostonBuenos AiresCairoCape TownCaracasChangwonChicagoCopenhagenCuritibaDar es SalaamDelhiDhakaHanoiHeidelbergHo Chi Minh CityHong KongHoustonIstanbulJakartaJohannesburgKarachiLagosLimaLondon

Los AngelesMadrid

MelbourneMexico City

MilanMoscowMumbaiNairobi

New OrleansNew York

OsloParis

PhiladelphiaPortland

Rio de JaneiroRome

San FranciscoSantiago

Sao PauloSeattle

SeoulShanghaiShenzhenSingaporeStockholm

SydneyTokyo

TorontoVancouver

VeniceWarsaw

Washington, DCYokohama

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The Power of C40

8%of all humans

21%of global GDP

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5%of global GHG emissions

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C40 DATA

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C40 convenes NETWORKS

PEER-TO-PEEREXCHANGE

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C40 cities’ FINANCING CHALLENGES

Cities face challenges in every stage of the deal-making process:

• Turning ideas into projects• Feasibility studies• Finance sources• Understanding investor needs• Financing costs and complexity -

creditworthiness• Scaling-up

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C40 CREDITWORTHINESS ACTIVITIES• New C40 Network

• Creditworthiness Academy – with World Bank• City challenges analysis and action

plans

• Mayoral-level pledge

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CONTACT US

James AlexanderDirector, Finance and Economic Development

jalexander@c40.org