Financing High Performance Climate Adaptation in Agriculture: Climate Bonds for Multi-Functional Water Harvesting Infrastructure on the Canadian Prairies

This briefing examines the use of green and climate bonds to fund distributed water harvesting (DWH) as a climate adaptation strategy for the agriculture sector in the Canadian Prairies.

• Distributed water harvesting (DWH) is identified as a climate change adaptation strategy capable of improving the resilience of the agriculture sector in the Canadian Prairies, where climate change is characterized by rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns, while also providing the co-benefit of enhancing ecosystem services.
• Because the investment required for these local climate adaptation projects is under CAD $1 million, they are ineligible for certain traditional infrastructure financing mechanisms within Canada.
• The document proposes utilizing green and climate bonds specifically earmarked for infrastructure to fund DWH, with a focus on the associated ecosystem service co-benefits.

APA

Lazurko,, H. D. V. (2017). Financing High Performance Climate Adaptation in Agriculture: Climate Bonds for Multi-Functional Water Harvesting Infrastructure on the Canadian Prairies. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/financing-high-performance-climate-adaptation-agriculture-climate-bonds-multi

Chicago

Lazurko,, Henry David Venema,Anita. Financing High Performance Climate Adaptation in Agriculture: Climate Bonds for Multi-Functional Water Harvesting Infrastructure on the Canadian Prairies. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2017. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/financing-high-performance-climate-adaptation-agriculture-climate-bonds-multi.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{lazurko2017financing, author = {Lazurko,, Henry David Venema,Anita}, title = {{Financing High Performance Climate Adaptation in Agriculture: Climate Bonds for Multi-Functional Water Harvesting Infrastructure on the Canadian Prairies}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2017}, month = sep, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/financing-high-performance-climate-adaptation-agriculture-climate-bonds-multi}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }