As a Climate KiC and TAP supported activity, and a contribution by the partners of the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance,we invite you, as Finance Experts, to kindly complete this survey. Your valuable feedback collected by ICLEI will help us better understand your approach of financing local climate action. Based on your response, we can also improve the Transformative Actions Program (TAP) platform and project pipeline to bridge the investment gap.

Expert Information

First name *

Last name *

Email *

Organization

Position:

Type of your organization *

Finance in Practice

Which of the following action types does your organization typically finance?

Which of the following action type(s) does your organization typically finance?

Which climate action focus does your organization typically finance?

If both adaptation and mitigation projects, what is the proportion of each?

What is the average budget size per project you finance? (unit: US Dollar)

What is the minimum budget size per project you finance? (unit: US Dollar)

At which phase do you usually provide finance assistance?

Project identification phase

Pre-feasiblity study phase

Feasibility study phase

Pre-implementation phase (project quality enhancement)

Finance and procurement phase

Project construction phase

Project operation phase

Project decommissioning

Where is this financial assistance primarily located?

Which of the following sector(s) does your organization typically finance?

Who is the target group of your finance assistance?

National governments

Sub-national governments at regional and provincial level

Local governments at city, town and county level

State owned companies

Private companies

Others, please specify Others, please specify

Which finance instrument(s) do you use for local and sub-national applicants?

Is quantified climate change mitigation potential a decisive factor for project selection?

Yes

No

Would you be interested in monitoring, reporting and third party verification of GHGs mitigation and co-benefit outcomes of the activity?

Yes

Not

Would you be interested in early stage assessment of potential environmental, social and economic impacts of the activity and its contribution to “Sustainable Development Goals”?

Yes

No

Financing procedures and decisive factors

How are potential investment opportunities assessed? (Please describe your procedure in steps).

How is sustainability taken into account (in terms of investment process and decision-making, as well as investment products)?

How do you assess investment performance (in a broad sense, not only financially)?

What are the main barriers or risks which you believe should be addressed in order to encourage investment in sustainable urban projects, and why?

Which of the following is used by your organization to assess and select projects?

	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Financial feasibility report, which specifies the major cost, income, payback period, shareholder, etc	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Technical feasibility report, which specifies the technical maturity, IP ownership,etc.	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Gap /Context analysis, which justifies the necessity of proposed project	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Impact analysis, which specifies the environmental, economic and social impacts	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Climate risk and hazard analysis of the proposed city or region	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Credit worthiness rating of local government	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Next level of government's endorsement letter	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Project monitoring and evaluation plan	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Due diligence report	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Land use permits	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Construction permits	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Technology property protection contracts	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Bid documents	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Energy Performance Contract (EPC) contracts	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Supply contracts	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Insurance contracts	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation
Others, please specify	Obligatory	Complimentary	Not used	Depends on project type	Other, please explain or add brief explanation	Other, please explain or add brief explanation

Please describe the non-financial assistance your organization provides to local and subnational governments.

Matchmaker Service

Would you be interested in using a matchmaking service to find new climate deals in cities? *

Yes

No

Maybe

If yes or maybe, what would you like such a service to provide you with: *

- Pipeline of projects with information, namely…

- Checked sustainability/finance feasibility of deals to ensure data quality

- Wider city data on their finances and/or climate action plans

- Communication channel to approach cities directly

- Other… - Other…

Confidentiality

I agree that all information provided here may be used for the purposes of CCFLA research, and made publicly available in the form of a report *

- Yes

- No, ICLEI may use the following information only… - No, ICLEI may use the following information only…

I consent that the name of my organization may be used publicly *

Yes

No

Closing the Gap through Transformative LoCaL Action (CGTLA)

Questionnaire for Finance Experts

Expert Information

Finance in Practice

Financing procedures and decisive factors

Matchmaker Service

Confidentiality