Handbook of International Climate Finance. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Axel Michaelowa, Anne-Kathrin Sacherer.
• Editors: Michaelowa, Axel; Sacherer, Anne-Kathrin
• Contents: Contents: Introduction to the Handbook of International Climate Finance: is climate finance a meteoric fashion or a stable pillar of the global response to anthropogenic climate change? 1 Axel Michaelowa and Anne-Kathrin Sacherer PART I BASIC CONCEPTS UNDERLYING CLIMATE FINANCE 1. Same but different? Understanding divergent definitions of and views on climate finance 16 Igor Shishlov and Philipp Censkowsky 2. Climate finance effectiveness: matching in-depth analysis with stakeholder dialogues 40 Angela D. Falconer and Barbara K. Buchner 3. Climate finance as development aid 62 Katharina Michaelowa and Chandreyee Namhata PART II LESSONS FROM INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FINANCE TO DATE 4. Financial aspects of international legal regulations of climate change: between two concepts : the common concern of humankind and the common but differentiated responsibilities 84 Izabela Ratajczak-Juszko and Maciej Nyka 5. Lessons from Fast-Start Finance 104 Smita Nakhooda and Charlene Watson 6. The Green Climate Fund: history, status and legitimacy 135 Rishi Basak and Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen 7. National climate funds 167 Luis Gomez-Echeverri 8. 20 years of adaptation finance: taking stock of origins, destinations and determinants of allocation 187 Sam Barrett 9. Experiences from the German International Climate Initiative (IKI) 213 Sonja Butzengeiger-Geyer, Johanna Christensen, Matthias Poralla, Aayushi Singh and Joachim Schnurr 10. The Rwandan approach to maximising benefits from international climate finance 242 Faustin Munyazikwiye and Axel Michaelowa PART III CONTRIBUTIONS TO AND ALLOCATION OF INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FINANCE 11. Aligning finance flows with the Paris Agreement: the role of multilateral development banks 256 Anja Carolin Gebel, Aki Kachi and Lauren Sidner 12. Financing forest conservation and restoration through climate policy instruments : lessons from the CDM and REDD+ 293 Anne-Kathrin Sacherer, Stephan Hoch, Sandra Dalfiume and Ruth Kassaye 13. Allocating climate finance: a contributor's view 318 Stefan Schwager 14. Enhanced Direct Access: the first decade 333 Benito Müller and Rishikesh Ram Bhandary 15. The role of carbon market mechanisms in climate finance 352 Aglaja Espelage, Hanna-Mari Ahonen and Axel Michaelowa PART IV THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FINANCE 16. The future of climate finance: balancing ownership and accountability 380 Joe Thwaites, Gaia Larsen and Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros 17. The future of climate finance: multinational company participation under rising peer pressure 403 Martin Stadelmann and Dominique Gangneux 18. Mobilising climate finance for adaptation through the Adaptation Benefits Mechanism 420 Gareth Phillips 19. How to ensure that investment in new climate solutions is sufficient to avert catastrophic climate change 445 Yannick Glemarec PART V OUTLOOK 20. A vision for international climate finance after 2025 476 Axel Michaelowa Index 487.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (502 pages)
• Subjects: SCIENCE -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Global warming; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics; REFERENCE -- Research; Environmental economics; Reference works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784715656; 1784715654
• Related ISBNs: 9781784715649
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