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OUR WORK IN 2020
I SECRETARIES DEBATE
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
In partnership with the National
Front of Mayors, Lincoln Institute
for Land Policy, Insper, and Arq.
Futuro, WRI Brasil formed a group of
municipal secretaries and secretaries
of urban development to discuss the
current and future challenges of urban
planning and management in the
face of the impacts of the pandemic.
Four seminars held in 2020 cleared
the room for debate on the urban
agenda at the municipal level and
identified that regulations needed
to improve to adapt urban planning
for a new and future reality.
Twelve planning-portfolio holders
from large Brazilian cities, such as
São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Campo
Grande, Curitiba, and Fortaleza,
shared perspectives on the reopening
of cities, economic recovery, and
urban development trends.
I UNLOCKING GREEN AND
CLIMATE FINANCING
Investing in resilient, low-carbon
infrastructure is essential for cities
to tackle climate change with
sustainable development. There
is a growing flow of financing
for sustainable urban projects,
but technical, institutional, and
political barriers hinder Brazilian
municipalities' access to these funds.
WRI Brasil develops initiatives
in cities and with financial
institutions to unlock access to
green and climate financing
in Brazilian cities.
One of these initiatives is the discussions
on the topic in the Financing Network
for Sustainable City Infrastructure
(FISC Network), coordinated by WRI
Brasil with multilateral and bilateral
development banks (World Bank,
CAF, AFD, and EIB) and national
and regional financial institutions
(Caixa, BNDES, BDMG, and BRDE).
In five meetings with 24 institutions,
the FISC Network promoted discussions
on the barriers and opportunities for
green and climate financing of urban
infrastructure in Brazil. The resulting
information was consolidated in a report
released in 2021, the fruit of a partnership
with GIZ, the European Investment
Bank (EIB), and the Felicity initiative.
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Belo Horizonte/MG. Photo: Nereu Jr./WRI Brasil.View entire presentation