The brief highlights the challenge of encouraging private investment into tackling climate change and identifies a series of potential policy tools that could be adopted to increase spending. City-regions in Northern face particular issues, including the predominance of carbon-intensive industries and public sector borrowing caps that are likely to prevent local authorities investing in net zero at the scale required.
Access this Policy Briefing here: Policy Briefing 2(05) Climate Finance and Urban Futures at COP26 [PDF 0.9MB]
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