Cities and local governments are essential to turn climate action pledges into concrete action, supporting the implementation and accelerating the ambition of NDCs, to ensure the goals of the Paris Agreement are met. GCoM and partners will create an enabling environment for Talanoa Dialogues around events worldwide and explore ways to foster multilevel governance and the inclusion of city actions in national policies and plans, including for investment. GCoM is working towards improving consistency of city climate action and making key data available to the public, addressing critical knowledge, data and innovation gaps that will enable cities to take accelerated and more ambitious climate action, and increasing access to climate finance for cities through partnerships with major Multilateral Development Banks.