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.
Mayor, Paris
Mayor, Rio de Janeiro
President, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Mayor, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Mayor, Cleveland, USA
Mayor, Melbourne, Australia (invited)
Mayor, Istanbul, Turkey
Mayor, Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh
Mayor, Miami Dade County, USA
Governor, Metropolitan Region, Santiago, Chile
Mayor, Bristol, UK
Mayor, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mayor, Milan, Italy
Mayor, Chefchaouen, Morocco
CEO, Catalytic Finance Foundation
CEO, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association
Head of the Urban Development, Planning and Housing Department, AFD
CEO, BlocPower
CEO, Resilience for All
Head, Urban Climate Action, GIZ
Chief Economist, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Nussdorf Professor and co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Urban Development, Water and Creative Economies, CAF
Director, Cities, Planning, and Design, Arup
Head of Unit - OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities, OECD
Chief Economist, African Development Bank
Chair, Cites Committee for Climate Investment
Chief, Finance Unit, Energy, Technology and Climate Branch, UNEP
Director, Development Corporation, OECD
Managing Director, Strategy & Sustainability, Otera Capital
Global Partner for Cities and Local Governments, PwC
Interim Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
Advisor to the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Spanish Presidency, Council of the Europe
Programme Manager, Cities Unit, U.N. Environmental Programme
Lead, Urban Nature-Based Solutions, World Economic Forum
Chair, Green Guarantee Company
Executive Vice President, University of Tokyo
Director, Local Development Finance, UNCDF
Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Cities and Regions (CFE), OECD
Co-Directrice, Global Cities Hub
Secretary General, Finance in Common
Acting Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Manager, City Climate Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), Climate Policy Initiative
CEO, Green Guarantee Company
Executive Director, Breathe Cities
Director, Indian Institute for Urban Settlements, IPCC lead author
President, 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
EVP of Strategy and Partnerships, Nexii; Global Ambassador, Global Covenant of Mayors; former Mayor, Vancouver, Canada
Visiting Fellow, Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania; Former Mayor, Quito, Ecuador
Principal, MHR Fund Management LLC
Professor, Public Finance, Wagner School, New York University
Senior Director Sustainable Finance and Innovation, Gold Standard Foundation
Special Advisor, UNDP, and Deputy Chair of the Board of the Resilient Cities Network, UNDP and Resilient Cities Network
Secretary General for International Affairs, City of Buenos Aires
Visiting Professor of Practice, Grantham Institute, LSE; Principal Finance Advisor, C40, former Managing Director, ERBD
Director, U.S. Office, Climate Policy Initiative
Programme Director, Energy Branch, Economy Division, UNEP
Regional Director for Sustainable Development, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank
Director, Guangzhou Institute of Innovation
Director of City Finance Programme, C40
Managing Director, Global Covenant of Mayors
Managing Director of Climate Finance, Knowledge, and Partnerships, C40
Secretary General, UCLG
Director, Resilience Cities Network
Executive Director, ICLEI
Global Director for Sustainable Cities, WRI
Executive Director, C40
Consultant for Resilience Investments, Resilient Cities Network
Head of Division on Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development, OECD
Founder and Principal, Five Square Development
Advisor, Leading Urban Climate Action (LUCA), GIZ
Vice President and Head of Paris Office, SDSN
City of Paris, France
Chairman of the Mayor of Rio G20 Organizing Committee, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Head of Communications and External Relations, SDSN
Program Director, Global Research Initiatives, Penn Institute for Urban Research
Director of Communications & Publications, Penn Institute for Urban Research