1st Edition
Climate Change and Sustainable Development Prospects for Developing Countries
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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'Makes a substantial contribution to the practical, effective analysis of climate change mitigation options in developing countries.' Development And Cooperation 'The book is an excellent exercise and a good source of detailed information, and a basis for further discussions. Any person interested in this major environmental problem should read it.' International Journal of Environment and... Read more
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes * List of Contributors * List of Acronyms and Abbreviations * Climate Change and Sustainable Development: An Overview * A Conceptual Framework for Analysing Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable Development * A Review of the Literature on Climate Change and Sustainable Development * Assessing Social Capital Aspects of Climate Change Projects * Analytical Approaches for Decision-making, Sustainable Development and Greenhouse Gas Emission-reduction Policies * Sustainability in Climate Mitigation: Integrating Equity into Project Analysis * Case Studies for Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mauritius and Thailand * The CDM and Sustainable Development: Case Studies from Brazil and India * Index
Biography
Anil Markandya is a leading authority in environmental economics and has worked extensively on climate change issues. He was Professor of Economics at Bath University and is currently at the World Bank as Lead Economist on Environment and Socially Sustainable Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Kirsten Halsnaes is an International Expert on the Economics of Climate Change and was a coordinating lead Author of the Third Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She is a Senior Research Specialist at the UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment in Denmark
