Urban Climate Collab is a research project aiming to investigate and strengthen collaborations between universities and municipalities when working together to achieve climate action in cities. City contexts have a key role to play in addressing sustainability challenges. For many urban residents, climate action and sustainability can act as a vehicle to achieve their own local objectives in relation to health, equity, wellbeing, safety, and resilience. City-University partnerships can help to support such objectives whilst also working towards meeting the international and national policy targets which are in place. While taking an international approach to investigate city-university partnerships, Urban Climate Collab will also work directly within our local context, partnering with Cork City Council. Providing relevant findings in relation to achieving action and impact hold importance in the context of Cork City, with the city acting as an EU Mission: Climate-Neutral and Smart City, seeking to achieve decarbonisation by 2030.