Climate Action Financing Excellence, according to the criteria of The Brookings Institute. “How US Cities Are Finding Creative Ways to Fund Climate Progress”. 2/22/23. www.brookings.edu The criteria established by Brookings are: 1. Spell out details on funding and financing; 2. Identify existing funding sources; 3. Propose specific, innovative, consistent and/or long-term funding sources or financing mechanisms; and 4. Estimate the financial impacts of each decarbonization strategy. The cities that met the Brookings criteria are: Cincinnati, Denver, Memphis, Nashville, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose.
