The c40.org website describes their organisation as:

“C40 is a global network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis.

Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using an inclusive, science-based and collaborative approach to cut their fair share of emissions in half by 2030, help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C, and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities.”

According to the C40 Annual Report 2021:

“The strategic direction of C40 is determined by an elected Steering Committee of mayors, chaired by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. The three-term Mayor of New York City, Michael R. Bloomberg, serves as President of the C40 Board of Directors, who are responsible for operational oversight. C40’s work is made possible primarily by philanthropic and government funders.”

In the New Zealand context, Auckland Council has renewed its membership status as a “C40 Innovator City”. The Mayor at the time, Phil Goff, was proposing a Climate Action Targeted Rate.

“Alongside our continued work with C40, we are asking Aucklanders to have their say on our proposal for a Climate Action Targeted Rate (CATR). The CATR aims to add weight, meaning and mana to the Climate Emergency declaration unanimously supported by councillors in 2019 by delivering an ambitious billion-dollar climate action package to reduce carbon emissions and deliver more buses, ferries, cycling and walking and urban tree canopy.

The climate package would be funded by a targeted rate of around $1.12 a week for the owner of a median-value residential property (now worth over $1 million). This rate will raise around $574 million over 10 years and seek to unlock a further $471 million through central government co-funding and other sources. A relatively modest cost for each of us, the CATR will enable major new investments in climate action to ensure that future generations inherit a positive legacy.”

According to Newsroom, in 2021 Auckland’s C40 participation came with certain requirements:

 “C40’s new participation standards will make it mandatory for Auckland Council to put its climate action plan at the forefront of “all relevant city decision-making processes or governance structures” and to target two sectors in the city for special attention on emissions reduction.

Work is underway to “integrate climate considerations within procurement, business case and broader political and organisational decision making”, officials have told the committee” Tim Murphy in a Newsroom article.

Infographic from the C40 Annual Report 2021

What follows is a list of C40 funders and partners according to the C40 Annual Report 2022:

Strategic Funders

  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
  • Realdania

Climate Planning and Implementation Partners (including those involved with the C40 Cities Finance Facility)

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
  • UK Aid [Funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)]
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH [Funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)]
  • Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety.
  • French Development Agency (AFD)

Major Funders

  • American Express
  • Clean Air Fund
  • ClimateWorks Foundation
  • Fondation L’Oréal
  • Global Environment Facility
  • Grundfos Foundation (Poul due Jensen Foundation)
  • William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
  • Ingka Group
  • Oak Foundation
  • Open Society Foundations
  • Porticus Foundation

Funders

  • Bugaboo
  • The Climate Change Collaboration
  • European Climate Foundation
  • FedEx
  • Foundation for International Law for the Environment (FILE)
  • Global Environmental Policy
  • Google and Tides Foundation (Google LLC)
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • KR Foundation
  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation
  • Novo Nordisk
  • NREP
  • P4G
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
  • Stichting SED Fund
  • TED Foundation
  • Velux
  • Wallace Global Fund
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Windward Fund and Global Methane Hub
  • Mayors Migration Council

City and City Network Partners

  • Cities Alliance
  • City of Copenhagen
  • City of Oslo
  • Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM)
  • ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability • United Cities and Local Government (UCLG).

Partners

  • Active Philanthropy
  • African Development Bank
  • Arup
  • CDP
  • Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA)
  • Climate Leadership Initiative
  • Clinton Foundation
  • EAT
  • George Washington University
  • Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)
  • International Council on Clean Energy Transport (ICCT)
  • International Development Finance Club (IDFC)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • Mayors Migration Council
  • Minecraft
  • Qlik
  • United Nations Environment Programme
  • University of Toronto Press
  • The World Bank
  • World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
  • World Resources Institute

 

[Last updated 28/11/2023]