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)
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, Melbourne, Australia
Mayor, Istanbul, Turkey
Mayor, Miami Dade County, USA
Governor, Metropolitan Region, Santiago, Chile
Mayor, Braga, Portugal
Mayor, Milan, Italy
Mayor, Chefchaouen, Morocco
Mayor, Tirana, Albania
Associate Director, Climate Risk and Resilience, Howden Group Holdings
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
Senior Investment Director, Meridiam
Chief Economist, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb
CEO at TCX Fund
Founder and CEO, Clean Air Fund
Director, Urban Development, Water and Creative Economies, CAF
Senior Director, Regional Head, Latin America, International Public Finance, at Fitch Ratings
Director, Cities, Planning, and Design, Arup
Head of Unit - OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities, OECD
Chair, Cities Commission for Climate Investment
Chief, Finance Unit, Energy, Technology and Climate Branch, UNEP
Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, CDPQ
Global Partner for Cities and Local Governments, PwC
Director, Development Co-operation, OECD
Interim Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
Director of Public Affairs and Advocacy Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation
Lead, Net-Zero Nature-Positive Cities, World Economic Forum
Head of Cities Section in the Directorate General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), European Commission
Head of the Urban Development, Planning and Housing Department, AFD
Partner at Arnold & Porter
Executive Vice President, University of Tokyo
Former Mayor, Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh
Director, Local Development Finance, UNCDF
Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Cities and Regions (CFE), OECD
Co-Director, Global Cities Hub
Chair, Green Guarantee Company
Secretary General, Finance in Common
Head of Unit, Sustainable Urban Development
Deputy Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Manager, City Climate Leadership Alliance (CCFLA); Associate Director, Climate Policy Initiative
Deputy Head in EBRD's Sustainable Infrastructure Group
CEO, Green Guarantee Company
Advisor, Sustainable Finance, GIZ LOUIS Programme
Former Mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia; Executive Director, Breathe Cities
Former Mayor of Bristol, Honorary Professor at Bristol University
Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
CEO, Agence Française de Développement (AFD); Chairman, International Development Finance Club (IDFC); Chair, Executive Board, Finance in Common
Professor Willem Schermerhorn Chair in Open Science from a Majority World Perspective Faculty of Geo-Information Science, University of Twente
Former Mayor, Vancouver; Special Envoy for Cities in CHAMP; Global Ambassador, Global Covenant of Mayors
Head of Cities Unit, UNEP
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; 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
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
Executive Director, Resilience Cities Network
Secretary General, ICLEI
Global Director for Sustainable Cities, WRI
Executive Director, C40
Associate, Resilience Finance, Resilient Cities Network
Head of Division on Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development, UNECE
Founder and Principal, Five Square Development
Executive Chairman, Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, Nigeria
Advisor, Leading Urban Climate Action (LUCA), GIZ
Vice President and Head of Paris Office, SDSN
Head of Unit, Smart and Sustainable Cities, OECD
City of Paris, France
Associate, CEO's Office at TCX
Chairman of the Mayor of Rio G20 Organizing Committee, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Chief, Planning, Finance and Economy Section, UN-Habitat
Chairperson, Public Sector Solutions, Suiss Re
Policy Analyst, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities, OECD
Program Associate, Urban SDG Finance, Penn Institute for Urban Research
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