COP32 Engagement Consultant, Ethiopia

Request for Proposal (RfP) COP32 Engagement Consultant, Ethiopia C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Inc. 120 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10017 United States of America C40 Cities Climate Leadership 44 Featherstone Street, London, EC1Y 8RN United Kingdom 10 August 2026 Contents 1. C40 Cities Climate Leadership & Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy 1 2. Summary, purpose and background of the project 2 3. Project scope and bidder qualifications 3 4. Proposal guidelines 4 5. RfP and project timeline 5 6. Proposal evaluation criteria 6 7. Project budget 7 8. Submissions 7 1. C40 Cities Climate Leadership & Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone, everywhere, can thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to limit global heating in line with the Paris Agreement and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities. We work alongside a broad coalition of representatives from labour, business, the youth climate movement and civil society to support mayors to halve emissions by 2030 and help phase out fossil use while increasing urban climate resilience and equity. To learn more about the work of C40 and our cities, please visit our website or follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. To learn more about the work of GCoM and our cities, please visit our website. GCoM is the largest global alliance for city climate leadership, uniting a global coalition of over 14,000 cities and local governments and 100+ supporting partners. The cities and partners of GCoM share a long-term vision of supporting voluntary action to combat climate change and towards a resilient and low-emission society. GCoM serves cities and local governments by mobilizing and supporting ambitious, measurable, planned climate and energy action in their communities by working with city/regional networks, national governments, and other partners to achieve our vision. Led today by UN Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions Michael R. Bloomberg and European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera, the coalition comprises cities across 6 continents and 150 countries, representing over 1 billion people or more than 13 percent of the global population. To learn more about GCoM, please visit our website, or follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. C40 Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) are working in strategic alignment to deliver a shared set of goals that accelerate city climate action at scale. Since 2023, this collaboration has been jointly delivered, drawing on both organisations’ complementary strengths: C40 driving ambition and city Request for Proposals: COP32 Engagement Consultant, Ethiopia 1 delivery and GCoM broadening and deepening support across a wider set of cities while convening key partners. For 2026-2028, the partnership will advance joint priorities across key areas of work, including: ● Technology & Data - Delivering a next-generation city climate reporting and decision-support platform, strengthening data quality and interoperability and piloting responsible AI applications to help cities plan, track and accelerate action. ● Multilevel Partnerships - Strengthening coalition governance and national-level engagement to support mayors and subnational leaders to implement transformative climate policies in high-impact geographies, and to amplify their leadership. ● Climate Finance - Strengthening cities’ capacity to develop bankable climate projects and connect to capital, including through CFO engagement, technical assistance, strategic partnerships and convenings that help unlock investment for implementation. ● Communications - Investing in a stronger global network of city communications leaders while amplifying mayors’ leadership to secure public support for climate action. 2. Summary, purpose and background of the project Department: The COP32 Engagement Consultant will work with the Multi-Level Partnerships (MLP) team. MLP is a collaborative cross-organisational team sitting between C40 and GCoM. It supports the advancement of multi-level partnerships between national and subnational governments to deliver climate action. The team focuses on: ● Diplomatic engagement to rally political support to a vision of climate policy-making and financing that is fully inclusive of cities needs and contributions ● In-country implementation work to support pioneering countries engaged in multi-level partnerships with their subnational governments to deliver specific climate projects. Purpose of the RfP: Engagement in the COP process is an integral part of the MLP diplomatic workstream where we seek to mainstream multi-level partnerships and integrate subnationals into the proceedings of COP - with the ult