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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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Pretoria 0001, South Africa :
Africa Institute of South Africa,
2011.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the sponsor and the Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change; About the contributors; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1. The green economy and climate change. Risks and opportunities for Africa; Introduction; Climate Change Discourse; Outline of this Book; Notes and References; 2. The green economy and sustainable development. Towards a common understanding; Introduction; Emergence of a Green Economy; Sustainable Development; Sustainable development: A plethora of definitions | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Contestations and critiques of sustainable development Sustainable Development in an African Context; The Nexus: Diverging and Converging Points; Conclusion; Notes and References; 3. Environmental financing through green stimulus packages. Challenges and opportunities; Introduction; Global Financial Crisis: Origins and Key Impacts; Fiscal Stimulus Packages; Green Economic Stimulus Packages; Emerging Future Development Model; Conclusion; Notes and References; Chapter 4. Carbon benchmarking and accounting; Introduction; Carbon-Accounting Currency; Fundamentals in Accounting | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Carbon Accounting: Focus on International Frameworks Carbon-Accounting Frameworks in South Africa; Future of Carbon Accounting in (South) Africa; Conclusion; Notes and References; Chapter 5 -- Carbon assets in a contested global climate policy regime; Introduction; The Evolution of Carbon Assets; Carbon Assets in a Contested Climate Regime; Carbon Assets in Africa; Fast-Start Climate Finance; Conclusion; Notes and References; Chapter 6 -- Carbon pricing incap-and-trade systems. International perspectives and lessons for Africa; Introduction; Theories and Models of Asset Pricing | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Structure of the Carbon Market Emissions Trading; Cap and Trade in (South) Africa; Conclusion; Notes and References; Chapter 7 -- Multilateral development banks. In climate and carbon asset financing in Africa; Introduction; Theory of Multilateral Development Banks; Understanding Carbon Assets; The role of MDBs in Climate and Carbon Asset Finance; Carbon Financing and the World Bank in Africa; African Development Bank and Carbon Financing; Conclusion; Notes and References; Chapter 8 -- Financing REDD+in Africa; Introduction; The Commodification of Carbon | |
| 505 | 0 | |a REDD+ on Global Climate Negotiations Agenda Climate and REDD+ Financing: A Global Overview; Financing REDD+ in Africa; The Future of Redd+ Financing in Africa; Conclusion; Notes and References; Chapter 9 -- Towards climate-compliant trade regimes. The case of South Africa; Introduction; Carbon Emission and Climate Compliance in Case Countries; South African Trade with China, UK and US; Looking Ahead; Conclusions; Notes and References; Chapter 10 -- Carbon taxation in the context of environmental decay and climate change; Introduction; Economic Approach to Climate Change | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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