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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. 22 WRIBRASIL.ORG.BR Belo Horizonte/MG. Photo: Nereu Jr./WRI Brasil.
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