In 2016, 397 cities reported that climate change does present an economic opportunity and identified over 1,000 opportunities. 270 of these cities identified the development of new business industries, such as clean tech, as an opportunity.

This dataset contains responses to Question 6.5 on Projects Seeking Financing in the Cities 2020 Questionnaire which was collected through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System.

List of the economic opportunities arising from climate change, as assessed by city governments. Contains a description of how the city government is seeking to maximize the opportunities.

List of the economic opportunities arising from climate change, as assessed by city governments. Contains a description of how the city government is seeking to maximize the opportunities.

List of the economic opportunities arising from climate change, as assessed by city governments. Contains a description of how the city government is seeking to maximize the opportunities.

Summary of sustainable infrastructure projects in development across C40 cities - includes projects that have provided a project cost and description.

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Publicly reported projects in development across C40 cities from the CAM (Climate Action in Megacities) 3.0 study undertaken by C40 and Arup, supported by the City Leadership Initiative at UCL.

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Climate change-related projects for which cities hope to attract private sector involvement as disclosed to CDP's 2016 questionnaire

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The dataset contains 2021 data on the impact of COVID-19 on finance available for climate action in cities. The data was reported by cities through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System in response to question 1.7 ("Please provide information specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 economic response on climate action in your city and synergies between COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action.") in the 2021 Cities questionnaire. View cities questionnaire guidance at https://www.cdp.net/en/guidance/guidance-for-cities. Please contact cities@cdp.net if you have any questions.

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