Van der Heijden, Jeroen2017-01-092017-01-090042-0980http://hdl.handle.net/1885/111563Building owners and governments face constraints in financing the transformation and development of low-carbon buildings and cities. Banks and other finance providers are often risk averse and unwilling to provide funds for such development and transformation. For some time now, governments and non-governmental organisations have experimented with novel forms of financing for low-carbon developments and transformations – often referred to as ‘eco-financing’. This article studies six such governance instruments from Australia, the Netherlands and the USA to better understand their value and limits.This article was supported by a VENI-grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO; grant number 45111015) and a DECRA-grant from the Australian Research Council (grant number DE15100511).application/pdf© Urban Studies Journal Limited 2016. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0042-0980/..."author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 9/01/17).201610.1177/0042098016655056