Infrastructure Financing for Climate Change Adaptation : Chapter 8 - Australia

This Chapter provides the context of climate change and infrastructure financing in Australia. It commences with an understanding of the country, its climate change and adaptation policies, followed by an understanding of infrastructure in the country and related climate impacts. Financing infrastructure for climate change and adaptation is discussed next with internal funding mechanisms used in the country across various levels of government and overseas financing. An analysis of infrastructure financing mechanisms for climate change leads to a discussion of the challenges in implementing financing mechanisms for infrastructure. The impact of the pandemic on infrastructure financing is discussed next. The final section is presentation of the conclusion