Investing in resource efficiency : the economics and politics of financing the resource transition / Florian Flachenecker, Jun Rentschler, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flachenecker, Florian, editor.

Rentschler, Jun, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Natural resources--Management.

Natural resources.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xvi, 294 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

This book covers the multi-faceted incentives, trade-offs, and challenges associated with the economics and politics of resource efficiency investments. By contributing a wide range of empirical evidence, practitioners' insights, and policy perspectives, this book carefully examines the role of resource efficiency in reconciling environmental and economic considerations. It also discusses the critical role of resource efficiency investments in mitigating climate change and enabling sustainable development. Featuring expert insights from academia, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, this book provides a policy oriented guide, reference, and toolbox for unlocking the potential of resource efficiency. To this end, it identifies practical measures for overcoming barriers and creating smart incentives for leveraging resource efficiency investments. Overall, this book brings together evidence to develop innovative ideas and strategies for improving the efficient use of resources and advancing clean and sustainable development.

Contents:

Part I. Background and concepts

Introduction: a pragmatic perspective on the opportunities and limits of investing in resource efficiency

An introduction to resource efficiency: concepts and definitions

Monitoring resource efficiency developments: indicators, data, and trends

Part II. Methodologies and evidence

Barriers to resource efficiency investments

The introduction and application of a comprehensive cost-benefit framework for resource efficiency investments

Assessing carbon emission savings from corporate resource efficiency investments: an estimation indicator in theory and practice

The effects of resource efficiency on competitiveness and climate change mitigation: the role of investments

Transformations and disruptive changes: boosting resource efficient economies via saturation and the nexus

Part III. Case studies and practitioners' insights

Sustainable banking: finance in the circular economy

Mobilising finance for resource efficiency investments

Enabling resource efficiency investments: a review and outlook of the resource efficiency agenda of the European Union

Part IV. Policy implications and conclusions

The role of policy in unlocking the potential of resource efficiency investments

Epilogue: incentivising and financing the resource transition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3319788663

9783319788661

OCLC:

1028164517