Climate Finance

Taking a Position on Climate Futures

AvGareth Bryant,Sophie Webber

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Del 31 i serien Economic Transformations

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Beskrivning

Climate change is increasingly contested on financial terms. Different actors are advancing competing climate visions and interests by adopting financial positions. International institutions urge action by identifying financing gaps needed to meet climate targets. The finance sector claims it holds the key to unlocking money needed for climate investment. Activists expose greenwashing while using financial tactics to undermine fossil fuels. Vulnerable countries demand wealthy governments repay historical climate debts.This book offers an accessible and critical guide to the political economy and economic geography of climate finance. It identifies six competing "positions" of climate finance to make sense of the array of financial instruments, institutions and ideas that are remaking the relationship between capitalism and climate change. Using a wide range of case studies, from green bonds, to divestment, carbon offsetting, climate tech, central banks, and international climate funds, the authors show how climate finance is shaping our collective climate futures.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-02-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt:324 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Economic Transformations
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781788214629

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Gareth Bryant is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. His books include Carbon Markets in a Climate-Changing Capitalism (2019). Sophie Webber is Lecturer in Geography in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney.

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A pocket tour de force, this short book packs a very large punch. With authority and great clarity, Bryant and Webber present perhaps the most comprehensive analysis yet of the role finance capital is playing in both causing and arresting the escalating challenges of climate change.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: finance feels the heat1. Climate capital"Sustainable" investmentGreen bondsResilient infrastructureRenewable energy asset finance2. Climate riskClimate risk disclosureEnvironmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integrationDivestment3. Precision marketsSocial costs of carbonCarbon marketsInsurance4. Speculative marketsGreen billionairesClimate engineeringOffgrid solar5. Big green statesGreen monetary policyGreen fiscal policy6. Climate justice financeInternational public climate financeClimate debt and reparationsGreen new deal and degrowth7. Conclusion: taking a position on climate finance

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