Focusing on 3 cities - English Harbour Town in Antigua and Barbuda, Savannakhet in Lao PDR and Chokwe in Mozambique- this project will increase the target cities' capacity to attract Development Financial Institutions (DFI) Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) finance by identifying and linking to DFI CCA finance (grants and concessional loans) feasible and most impactful CCA projects while laying down foundations for an increased and rated credit and; And in the long term, this project will increase the cities creditworthiness and unlock its access to innovative private financing mechanisms for CCA to further strengthen the cities climate resilience and help the cities unlock a smooth and steady socio-economic development.