Climate Finance in the Urban Context

Cities and the people who live in them account for more than 80 percent of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, more than 80 percent of the overall annual global costs of adaptation to climate change are estimated to be bor...

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Main Author:	Huhtala, Ari
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABATEMENT AIR AIR CONDITIONING ALLOCATION ASSET MANAGEMENT BANK LOAN BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BIOGAS BIOMASS BLACK CARBON BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS BOND BOND ISSUANCE BOND ISSUERS BONDS BUS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL MARKETS CAR CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSION CARBON FINANCE CARBON MARKET CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CATASTROPHE BOND CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CITY BUSES CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE INSURANCE CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE-CHANGE CO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS CREDIT ENHANCEMENTS CREDIT GUARANTEES CREDIT STRENGTH DAMAGES DEBT DEBT SERVICE DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT BANKS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DISASTER INSURANCE DRAINAGE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS BASELINE EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES EQUITY INVESTMENTS EXTREME EVENTS FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOODS FOREST FOREST CARBON FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUELS GHG GHGS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GRANT FUNDING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GUARANTEE PRODUCTS HURRICANES IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCREMENTAL COSTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE COSTS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE PREMIUM INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE PRODUCTS INSURANCE SCHEMES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INVESTING INVESTMENT FUNDS INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND USE LANDFILLS LARGE CITIES LENDERS LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LIQUIDITY LLC LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW-CARBON MARKET MECHANISMS MASS TRANSIT MDB METHANE MOBILITY MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES PARTIAL CREDIT PARTIAL RISK PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN COMFORT PLEDGES POPULATION GROWTH PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE LENDERS PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAINFALL RAPID TRANSIT RENEWABLE ENERGY RESERVE RESERVE FUND RETURN RISK ASSESSMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK SHARING ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE SETTLEMENT SHAREHOLDER SMALL BUSINESSES STORMS SWAPS TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADING TRADING SYSTEM TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION POLICY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TREASURY TRUST FUND TRUST FUNDS URBAN FORESTRY URBAN GROWTH URBAN SERVICES URBAN SPRAWL URBAN SYSTEMS URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM URBANIZATION WATER SUPPLY WEATHER CONDITIONS WIND WIND STORMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13144815/climate-finance-urban-context http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19469