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

The document identifies distributed water harvesting (DWH) as a means to build agricultural resilience in the Canadian Prairies against temperature increases and precipitation changes. It notes that because individual DWH projects often require less than CAD $1 million, they are ineligible for certain traditional Canadian infrastructure financing. Consequently, the text proposes the use of green and climate bonds, highlighting the associated ecosystem service co-benefits.

• Distributed water harvesting (DWH) is a climate adaptation strategy capable of increasing agricultural resilience in the Canadian Prairies, where climate change is characterized by rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns, while also providing ecosystem service co-benefits.
• Traditional infrastructure financing mechanisms in Canada may be inaccessible for DWH projects because the required investment is often less than CAD $1 million.
• Green and climate bonds earmarked for infrastructure are proposed as a funding alternative for DWH, with a focus on the strategy's 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} }