Center for Environmental Finance (CEF)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Focus:

Established in 1999, the core mission of UNC's EFC focuses on the environmental financing needs of underserved populations in small to medium sized communities, particularly those that are considering interlocal or regional arrangments for environmental infrastructure.

Address:
Environmental Finance Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Institute of Government
CB #3330 Knapp Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3330
webpage: http://www.efc.unc.edu

University of Louisville

Focus:

The Southeast Regional Environmental Finance Center at Louisville established in 1999, provides technical assistance and training in: addressing and managing conflicts that arise between environmental protection and economic development.

The EFC has two broad mandates from EPA:

• To develop more economically efficient and environmentally friendly incentives and other measures that encourage stable and sustainable human settlements.
• To improve the efficiency of environmental infrastructure service delivery.

Address:
Environmental Finance Center
University of Louisville
426 Bloom Street
Louisville, KY 40208
website: http://cepm.louisville.edu/contact.htm