Commission Members
The Commission is made up of a wide range of researchers, finance experts from both public and private sectors, leaders of city networks and over 20 mayors from cities in high-income, emerging and developing countries.
Former Mayor, Paris
Former Mayor, Rio de Janeiro
President, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Nussdorf Professor and co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
Former Mayor, Quito, Ecuador; Visiting Fellow, Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania
Mayor, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Mayor, Cleveland, USA
Mayor, Auckland, New Zealand
Mayor, Guadalajara, Mexico
Mayor, Phoenix, USA
Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa
Mayor, Miami Dade County, USA
Mayor, Tshwane, South Africa
Governor, Khomas Region, Namibia
Governor, Metropolitan Region, Santiago, Chile
Mayor, Braga, Portugal
Mayor, Milan, Italy
Mayor, Chefchaouen, Morocco
Head of Division on Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development, OECD
CEO, Catalytic Finance Foundation
CEO, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association
CEO, BlocPower
Lead, Urban and Infrastructure, Global Environment Facility
Head of Project, GIZ LOUIS Programme
Chief Economist, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Executive Director, Climate Resilience Institute
Head of Climate Finance, Dundon Advisers; Former Mayor, Hoboken, N.J. USA
Director of the Sovereign Advisory, Rothschild & Co
Partner, Milbank LLC
CEO at TCX Fund
Founder and CEO, Clean Air Fund
General Manager of Infrastructure for Development, CAF
Senior Director, Regional Head, Latin America, International Public Finance, at Fitch Ratings
Director, Cities, Planning, and Design, Arup; Board Member, Holcim Foundation
Head of Unit - OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities, OECD
Chair, Cities Commission for Climate Investment
Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, CDPQ
Global Partner for Cities and Local Governments, PwC
Director, Development Co-operation, OECD
Senior Director, Atlantic Council's Climate Resilience Center
Director of Public Affairs and Advocacy Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation
Lead, Net-Zero Nature-Positive Cities, World Economic Forum
Head of the Urban Development, Planning and Housing Department, AFD
Hammer Climate Advisory; Senior Fellow in climate finance at University of Pennsylvania
Partner at Arnold & Porter
Executive Vice President, University of Tokyo
Non-Resident Fellow, Center for International Cooperation at New York University; Penn IUR Scholar, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Cities and Regions (CFE), OECD
Chair, Green Guarantee Company
CEO, Arwidsson Foundation; Former Mayor of Stockholm
Former Mayor of Bogota; Senior Visiting Fellow, Columbia Institute of Global Politics (IGP)
Managing Director, BOAD Titrisation
Secretary General, Finance in Common
Head of Sustainable Urban Development Unit, OECD
Manager, City Climate Leadership Alliance (CCFLA); Associate Director, Climate Policy Initiative
Deputy Head in EBRD's Sustainable Infrastructure Group
CEO, Green Guarantee Company
Former Mayor, Montreal, Canada; Visiting Expert, University of Montreal House of Public and International Affairs
Advisor, Sustainable Finance, GIZ LOUIS Programme
Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Former Mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia
Chair & Co-founder, Civic NetZero; House of Lords of the United Kingdom; Former Mayor of Bristol
Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
President, Finance in Common; Former CEO, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Professor Willem Schermerhorn Chair in Open Science from a Majority World Perspective Faculty of Geo-Information Science, University of Twente
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Pacific Economic Development, Canada; Former Mayor of Vancouver, Canada
Legislator and Former Mayor, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
Head of Cities Unit, UNEP
Principal, MHR Fund Management LLC
Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)
Professor, Public Finance, Wagner School, New York University
Urban Resilience Expert
Director of Climate Strategy Delivery - Sustainable Business and Infrastructure, EBRD
Special Advisor, UNDP; Deputy Chair of the Board, Resilient Cities Network
Visiting Professor of Practice, Grantham Institute, LSE; Principal Finance Advisor, C40
Director, U.S. Office, Climate Policy Initiative
Programme Director, Energy Branch, Economy Division, UNEP
Director of the Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat
Chief Economist, African Development Bank
Executive Director, Breathe Cities
Division Director, West Africa and the Sahel, IFC
Director, Guangzhou Institute of Innovation
Director for Cities, Subnational Finance, Tourism, and Disaster Management, World Bank
Secretary General, ICLEI
Global Director for Sustainable Cities, WRI
Managing Director, Global Covenant of Mayors
Managing Director of Climate Finance, Knowledge, and Partnerships, C40
Co-Director, Global Cities Hub
Global Director for Engagement and Practice, Resilient Cities Network
Secretary General, UCLG
Executive Director, C40
Programs Manager, Resilience Finance, Resilient Cities Network
Founder and Principal, Five Square Development
Executive Chairman, Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, Nigeria
Head of International Relations, Rio de Janeiro
Advisor Urban-Act: Integrated Urban Climate Action for Low-carbon & Resilient cities, GIZ
Senior Urban and Regional Economist, WRI
Vice President and Head of Paris Office, SDSN
Head of Unit, Smart and Sustainable Cities, OECD
AVP, CEO's Office at TCX
Board of Directors of the Gold Standard Foundation and of the Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation
Policy Adviser and Coordinator, Subnational Infrastructure Programme, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities, OECD
Founder and CEO, Climate Solutions International
Head of Communications and External Relations, SDSN
Program Director, Global Research Initiatives, Penn IUR
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Penn IUR and City & Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
Director of Communications & Publications, Penn IUR
Program Manager, Urban SDG Finance, Penn IUR