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16 - Insuring the Transition

from Part IV - Finance and the Transition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Jay S. Golden
Jay S. Golden
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
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Summary

Neither the voluntary carbon market nor financing of climate-smart technologies can occur if affordable insurance products do not exist to minimize the numerous types of risks. We examine the types of risks and insurance products and their maturity to the marketplace.

Keywords

insurancevoluntary carbon marketsDelta Airlinesunderwritingclaimsrenewable energy credits (RECs)carbon capture and sequestration (CCS)pre-purchase riskfraud riskscientific protocol risks
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Dynamic Sustainability
Implications for Policy, Markets and National Security
 , pp. 236 - 252
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Insuring the Transition
  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book: Dynamic Sustainability
  • Online publication: 07 December 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298711.017
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  • Insuring the Transition
  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
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  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book: Dynamic Sustainability
  • Online publication: 07 December 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298711.017
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