The Role of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Scaling Up Financial Flows in the Post-Kyoto Regime

The climate change agenda requires adequate financial flows in the near future in order to support mitigation and adaptation efforts and the low-carbon development of emerging and new economies. The potentials of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) – as a risk-sharing structure bringing private funds on the table – are presented in the new climate change context. This article discusses and provides recommendations on PPPs as a good financing model to mainstream climate change into the development agenda of emerging and less-developed economies.