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International support for domestic climate policies in developing countries / guest editor: Karsten Neuhoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Climate policy ; 9/5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Government policy--Developing countries.
- Climatic changes.
- Environmental law--Developing countries.
- Environmental law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (141 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Earthscan, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume examines how international cooperation can support implementation of domestic climate policies in developing countries. Six case studies explore the domestic drivers and barriers for policies with climate (co-)benefits in developing countries and show that international support can help to overcome these constraints by providing additional resources for incremental policy costs, technical assistance, and technology cooperation to build local capacity. Cooperation can also contribute to robust institutional frameworks and government policies that facilitate increased private sector
- Contents:
- Contents; Aims and scope; Editorial: Understanding the roles and interactions of international cooperation on domestic climate policies; Synthesis article: Using intermediate indicators: lessons for climate policy; Synthesis article: Policy targets: lessons for effective implementation of climate actions; Synthesis article: A history of conditionality: lessons for international cooperation on climate policy; Country study: Brazilian low-carbon transportation policies: opportunities for international support
- Country study: Policy and regulatory framework for renewable energy and energy efficiency development in GhanaCountry study: Domestic climate policy for the Indian steel sector; Country study: Climate co-benefit policies for the Indian power sector: domestic drivers and North-South cooperation; Country study: Concentrated solar power in South Africa; Country study: China's wind industry: policy lessons for domestic government interventions and international support; Outlook: insight: Twinning: lessons for a South-North climate policy context
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-57435-2
- 1-136-57436-0
- 1-282-40228-5
- 9786612402289
- 1-84977-010-7
- 9781849770101
- OCLC:
- 495861389
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