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Book SynopsisHow is the struggle against climate change financed? Climate Finance: Theory and Practice gives an overview of the key debates that have emerged in the field of climate finance, including those concerned with efficiency, equity, justice, and contribution to the public good between developed and developing countries. With the collaboration of internationally renowned experts in the field of climate finance, the authors of this book highlight the importance of climate finance, showing the theoretical aspects that influence it, and some practices that are currently being implemented or have been proposed to finance mitigation and adaptation policies in the developed and developing world.
Table of ContentsPrologue to the Book; Understanding the Share of Private and Public Resources and the Distribution of the Financial Effort on the Green Climate Fund; Putting Climate Finance into Context; Effort Sharing in Climate Policy; Unilateral Matching of Public Good Contributions; The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Climate Finance; Donors' Welfare Maximizing International Adaptation Funding; Financing CO2 Emissions Reduction in the European Power Sector; Adaptation Finance; Private Finance for Adaptation; Financing Adaptation to Climate Change through Programme-Based Approaches; Raising Private Finance in the Context of NAMAs in Developing Countries; International Climate Finance under the Post-Kyoto Framework; Integrated Climate Finance; Financing Climate Change in Developing Countries; Distributing the Financial Resources for Climate Change Policy; Climate Risk Assessment and Climate Finance in Europe; Climate Finance for Adaptation; The Impact of Critical Natural Resources on Climate Change Mitigation Costs;
