CitiesWithNature is a unique initiative that recognizes and enhances the value of nature in and around cities across the world. It provides a shared platform for cities and their partners to engage and connect, working with shared commitment towards a more sustainable urban world.

Cities4Forests supports cities around the globe to recognize their interdependence with the world’s forests, and use their own political, economic, and cultural power to protect and manage those forests for human well-being. Cities4Forests helps its network of nearly 70 cities better conserve, manage, and restore their inner forests (such as city trees, urban parks and natural areas), nearby forests (such as watersheds), and faraway forests (especially tropical forests). Cities4Forests accomplishes this by inspiring political action and engagement, providing technical assistance and capacity building, and facilitating economic analysis, finance, and investment.

C40’s Nature Declaration positions cities as leaders in increasing publicly and equitably accessible nature in their urban environments to support regional biodiversity and reduce climate risk and vulnerability. The Declaration will amplify and support the delivery of urban nature by setting greening targets and accelerating actions focused on delivering solutions for equitable climate resilience, building an inclusive economy and ensuring healthy communities — setting cities on a pathway where people and nature support one another.

The ‘Gap Fund’ provides a range of technical and advisory services as well as capacity building to support city and local governments in developing and emerging countries to prioritise and prepare climate-smart investments and programmes at an early stage, with the goal of accelerating preparation, enhancing quality, and ensuring they are bankable.

Race to Resilience reporting can be done through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System; this free to use platform streamlines your climate reporting to different initiatives, such as GCoM. It improves transparency, offers access to events and webinars, and provides insights to identify areas where you can improve.

Your pledge meets the GCoM requirements for the adaptation target and may be paired with mitigation and energy access commitments for full compliance with the Common Reporting Framework. More information and support will be available through your Regional Covenant.

The ICLEI GreenClimateCities (GCC) Programme, offers cities and towns guidance to progress step-by-step toward climate neutrality.

A global initiative recognizing the increasing need for a systemic, joined-up approach to risk reduction and resilience, that allows city leaders to plan for risk-informed climate friendly development, and citizens to benefit, directly contributing to the goals of the Race to Resilience. MCR2030 offers cities a clear, three-stage roadmap to implementing resilience building actions with the goal to ensure cities become inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable by 2030, contributing directly to the achievement of the Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG11), the Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction and the New Urban Agenda.

With your pledge and progress reporting we invite you to participate in this global competition where frontrunners are recognized for their climate actions and ambitions. Here you will also receive support on science-based targets, and strategic feedback on your climate action package.

The 1000 Cities Adapt Now initiative is a 10-year global program that has been established to accelerate climate adaptation in 1000 cities worldwide. Core partners of the initiative include World Resources Institute, Global Center on Adaptation, Resilient Cities Network, UN-Habitat and Deltares. The program helps cities implement adaptation measures – including investment in nature based solutions, urban water resilience, resilient upgradation for the urban poor and capacity building. The initiative will scale implementation of the strategic solutions by leveraging key city networks and institutions and their overlapping geographies, city relationships, data expertise and knowledge resources. The program has received support and funding from a number of key city and global stakeholders. Please see attached a link to 1000 CAN Joint Statement by program partners.

Resilient Cities Network is a global city-led non-profit organization that brings together knowledge, practice, partnerships, and funding to empower cities to help them build a safe, equitable, and sustainable future for all. The Network integrates the combined effort of urban practitioners, city governments, and communities in a collective, comprehensive, and well-coordinated call-to-action to deliver urban impact-driven resilience solutions. R-Cities is the world-leading urban resilience network, supporting 100 city governments worldwide to impact more than 220 million urban dwellers by 2030. Through our programs, tools, and communities of practice, R-Cities can support your pledge and progress.

Resilience Hubs are community-serving facilities augmented to support residents, coordinate communication, distribute resources, and reduce carbon pollution while enhancing quality of life. The Urban Sustainability Directors Network and partners have created guidance for communities interested in developing Resilience Hubs.