5.3.3 Potential Financial Solutions Slow diffusion together with the consideration of cost and availability of finance suggest that there is potential for innovation and focus to help support and accelerate the transfer of environmentally sound technology.
Project finance is the packaging of investment into specific, stand-alone projects.
Of particular relevance to climate change are energy projects, which are frequently financed this way. Negotiating these contracts can be difficult and time consuming. One key issue for climate change technologies is the need to achieve a certain scale. Project finance is particularly relevant to government-driven pathways, and to the transport, energy, solid waste and coastal zone adaptation sectors. Leasing is a highly flexible form of finance used throughout business to finance everything from photocopiers to aircraft.