The University of Iowa engaged in a utility public-private partnership (P3), The Utility Services Public-Private Partnership (PPP), entering into a 50-year partnership involving its on-campus utility system with a private partner. 

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For provincial climate lens requirements see the for example Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment of Newfoundland.

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Applying a Climate Lens to Infrastructure Projects. As part of the Investing in Canada plan, applicants seeking federal funding for new major public infrastructure projects will now be asked to undertake an assessment of how their projects will contribute to or reduce carbon pollution, and to consider climate change risks in the location, design, and planned operation of projects. 

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In order to promote the application of EIA in the EU the Commission initiates and contributes to studies, reports and guidance documents. 

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GCA has developed the Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer Handbook (CRIO Handbook) with support from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands and in close partnership with the World Bank Group (WBG), the African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) of the WBG, and UNOPS.

Model Wind Energy Purchase Agreement between Northern States Power Company and Seller of February 2013.

Website for The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository.

Toward Cleaner, Cheaper Power : Streamlined Licensing of Hydroelectric Projects in Brazil, World Bank. 2009. 

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How can you keep up with the latest trends and most relevant legal resources for climate-smart PPPs? The new Climate-Smart PPPs section on the PPP Legal Resource Center (PPPLRC) draws together documents, tools, and platforms relevant to these topics on one site.

FAST-Infra initiative (Finance to Accelerate the Sustainable Transition-Infrastructure initiative) - founded in early 2020 as a collaboration of the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), HSBC, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), OECD and the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) under the auspices of President Macron’s One Planet Lab.

A stock-taking of available resources to assist the development of climate resilient infrastructure, European Commission 2018. This study reviewed the availability of resource materials that can support infrastructure project developers to take into account climate change adaptation.