Climate Adaptation Finance and Investment in California

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Climate Adaptation and Asset Management
Chapter 3: Funding and Financing Adaptation
Chapter 4: Assessing Funding and Financing Options
Chapter 5: Social Equity Considerations
Chapter 6: Private Sector
Chapter 7: Climate Services
Chapter 8: Moving Forward

About the author

Jesse M. Keenan is a faculty member at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University where he researches and teaches courses in climate change adaptation and the built environment. Keenan concurrently serves as a Research Advisor for Climate Adaptation Finance to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research for the State of California and as a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Summary

The book will serve as a guide for local governments and private enterprises as they navigate the unchartered waters of investing in climate change adaptation and resilience. Not only does it identify potential funding sources but also presents a roadmap for asset management and public finance processes.

Product details

• Authors: Jesse M. Keenan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780367026073
• ISBN: 978-0-367-02607-3
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability; Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Environmental Economics, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology