A recent report by the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance highlights that urban adaptation finance in low- and middle-income countries is critically underfunded, receiving only $6 billion (R102 billion) annually compared to the $147 billion (R2.6 trillion) needed by 2030. Tehillah Niselow was in conversation with Hamza Abdullah Analyst at CPI, where he supports the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA) & Alastair Mayes Program Associate at CPI for the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA).