Editors:
- Examines the key issue of climate change against the backdrop of global international development
- Considers the role foreign aid can play in both working toward environmental sustainability and boosting prosperity
- Offers recommendations for policy makers facing the economic, social and political challenges posed by climate change
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This collection examines the role that foreign aid can play in dealing with the severe global challenge of climate change, one of the most pressing international development issues of the 21st century. Addressing the key threats of rising temperatures, changes in precipitation, coastal erosion and natural disasters, the book considers the implications for policy and future research, particularly in developing countries. Focusing on the worth of foreign aid in ensuring environmental sustainability, this collection consider how it can be used to improve access to sustainable energy, to promote efficient use of energy resources, to improve emission reduction and support the preservation of biodiversity in forests. Advancing our knowledge about foreign aid and climate change, it provides policy recommendations for the donors and recipient country governments. A cutting edge text on one of the most pressing international development issues of this century, this is key reading for all scholars of international development and climate change.
Editors and Affiliations
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NDRC People’s Republic of China, Beijing, China
Yongfu Huang
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Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Leioa, Spain
Unai Pascual
About the editors
Dr Yongfu Huang is Research Fellow at the World Institute of Development Economics Research of United Nations University (UNU-WIDER). He also serves on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as Lead Author for its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), working on 'Cross-cutting finance and investment issues'. His research interests lie in the areas of development finance, green growth, inclusive growth and sustainable development.
Dr Unai Pascual is Ikerbasque Research Professor in environmental economics and policy at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3). He is a Senior Visiting Professor at the Department of Land Economy of the University of Cambridge. His research interests include the economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services, natural resource modelling and the interconnectedness of global environmental change and economic development.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability
Editors: Yongfu Huang, Unai Pascual
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5379-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5378-8Published: 18 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5381-9Published: 09 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5379-5Published: 28 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 466
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Environmental Sociology, Development and Social Change, Environmental Policy, Climate Change, Environmental Economics