Climate Finance Landscape for Sub-Saharan African Cities

This publication provides an overview of the available funding opportunities and financing instruments that will enable the local governments to develop and implement their Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plans. Furthermore, it covers other relevant information such as prerequisites and the eligibility criteria to access each financing instrument, important technical considerations and the corresponding advantages and disadvantages.

CoM SSA is co-funded by the European Union (EU), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). The CoM SSA Secretariat is hosted by ICLEI Africa. CoM SSA is co-implemented by Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID); the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Agence Française d’Expertise Technique Internationale (Expertise France); the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ),