Core Cities, London Councils and the Connected Places Catapult have jointly established the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission to address this deficit head-on. Using our collective networks and capabilities we are seeking to leverage the combined scale of cities to mobilise finance and drive investment into low and net zero carbon projects across all of the UK’s largest cities, rather than individual ones. In the UK, local partnerships have been formed around climate emergencies declarations, identifying and implementing programmes of work. Climate action becoming more integrated within city economic recovery plans, recognising that the green economy will both produce some of the quickest impacts and achieve the most long-lasting benefits.The barriers to investment lie not in the availability of finance, but rather the ability to create robust business cases and investment models that address issues of scale, longevity and confidence. Through dialogue with the investment community, it is clear that such business cases will be strengthened where the plans of cities can be brought together, generating greater scale, volume, and predictability, thereby creating a more attractive and substantial proposition for investors.We have commissioned research to assess and analyse the low carbon investment that cities need, and the associated investment cases. The findings of the report have now been published, as well as running a series of dissemination events. We sincerely hope that as a result of this work we will be able to;

• Support UK cities in achieving their carbon reduction targets, whilst developing a deeper understanding of the low carbon investment opportunities and challenges faced by UK cities.
• Create increased confidence within the investment community in low carbon projects by leveraging the benefits of the scale offered through networks of cities rather than individual ones.
• Provide the basis for engaging with industry on the opportunities for the supply and deployment of low carbon technologies into the marketplace.

To read the Final Report from partners and the commission, please click the link below.

CP Catapult – UKCCIC Final Report

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“Achieving UK and global targets for Net Zero will be the defining challenge of the next three decades, and a central driver of innovation and change across all sectors.”

Nicola Yates OBE, Chief Executive of Connected Places Catapult