Green Economy and Climate Mitigation : Topics of Relevance to Africa /

Climate change is real and is impacting on economies and lives in Africa, especially rural livelihoods. The effects of the climate change phenomena have drawn bitter debate between both the developed and developing countries. To address some of the concerns, the authors identified topics of relevanc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Africa Institute of South Africa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pretoria 0001, South Africa : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Environmental sciences.
Conservation of natural resources > Economic aspects.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Climat > Changements > Attenuation > Aspect de l'environnement > Afrique.
Conservation des ressources naturelles > Aspect economique > Afrique.
Sciences de l'environnement > Afrique.
Climate change mitigation > Environmental aspects > Africa.
Conservation of natural resources > Economic aspects > Africa.
Environmental sciences > Africa.
Africa.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Climate change is real and is impacting on economies and lives in Africa, especially rural livelihoods. The effects of the climate change phenomena have drawn bitter debate between both the developed and developing countries. To address some of the concerns, the authors identified topics of relevance to Africa, among them: discourses surrounding the green economy and sustainable development; financing green economies; carbon benchmarking; role of multilateral development banks in carbon financing; and carbon taxation. The book mainstreams climate change into ëunfamiliarí territories, such as a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (284 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780798303088

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