Overview
- Provides an in-depth account of the incentives and trade-offs associated with the economics and politics of advancing resource efficiency
- Argues that investments by the private sector will play a crucial role in moving towards more resource efficient, sustainable, and circular economies
- Demonstrates that coordinated and prudent policy planning is necessary for mitigating barriers to resource efficiency investment and maximising their economic and environmental potential
- Contributes a wide range of empirical evidence, practitioners’ insights, and policy perspectives for translating high-level targets into action on the ground
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Methodologies and Evidence
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Case Studies and Practitioners’ Insights
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Policy Implications and Conclusions
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About this book
This book covers the multi-faceted incentives, trade-offs, and challenges associated with the economics and politics of resource efficiency investments. By contributing a wide range of empirical evidence, practitioners' insights, and policy perspectives, this book carefully examines the role of resource efficiency in reconciling environmental and economic considerations. It also discusses the critical role of resource efficiency investments in mitigating climate change and enabling sustainable development.
Featuring expert insights from academia, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, this book provides a policy oriented guide, reference, and toolbox for unlocking the potential of resource efficiency. To this end, it identifies practical measures for overcoming barriers and creating smart incentives for leveraging resource efficiency investments. Overall, this book brings together evidence to develop innovative ideas and strategies for improving the efficient use of resources and advancing clean and sustainable development.
"This book is an important and timely contribution", Angel Gurria, Secretary General, OECD
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Florian Flachenecker is a Junior Economist (Young Professionals Programme) at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) working on the OECD Green Growth Strategy and environmental indicators. Previously, he was a Doctoral Researcher at University College London (UCL), empirically investigating the effects of resource efficiency on competitiveness and climate change mitigation. Florian was a Visiting Fellow at the European Political Strategy Centre of the European Commission, developing a competitiveness strategy for the EU. Moreover, he worked as a Consultant at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on resource efficiency investment projects on the firm-level, and he worked on European policy issues at the German Federal Ministry of Finance. Florian holds a PhD in Economics from UCL, a MA in Economics from the College of Europe, and a BSc in Economics from the University of Mannheim as well as the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Jun Rentschler is an Economist (YP) at The World Bank working at the intersection of climate change and sustainable resilient development. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, the Payne Institute for Earth Resources in Colorado, and the Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. He spent two years as a Consultant at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) working on resource efficiency investment projects. He also served as an Economic Adviser at the German Foreign Ministry, where he focused on economic and energy policy. Jun holds a MSc and a PhD in Economics from UCL, specialising in the fields of development, climate, and energy. He has published widely on these topics, including in academic journals and his book ‘Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reforms: A guide to economic and political complexity’.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Investing in Resource Efficiency
Book Subtitle: The Economics and Politics of Financing the Resource Transition
Editors: Florian Flachenecker, Jun Rentschler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78867-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78866-1Published: 05 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07668-9Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78867-8Published: 21 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 294
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Corporate Environmental Management, International Political Economy, Climate Change Management and Policy, Sustainable Development, Development Finance