Financing

Financing clean air and climate change actions is imperative to moving towards lower carbon and healthier communities. Many barriers exist to reducing energy consumption and increasing the use of renewable energy.

• One is the high first cost (“up-front cost”).
• The other is the false costing of energy use (when externality costs are not factored into energy production and use)

Financing strategies are required in order to move energy efficiency and renewable energy production from the pilot stage and towards business as usual.