The economisation of climate change : how the G20, the OECD and the IMF address fossil fuel subsidies and climate finance / Jakob Skovgaard, Lund University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skovgaard, Jakob, 1977- author.

Series:

Physical Sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The effort to address climate change cuts across a wide range of non-environmental actors and policy areas, including international economic institutions such as the Group of Twenty (G20), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). These institutions do not tend to address climate change so much as an environmental issue, but as an economic one, a dynamic referred to as 'economisation'. Such economisation can have profound consequences for how environmental problems are addressed. This book explores how the G20, IMF, and OECD have addressed climate finance and fossil fuel subsidies, what factors have shaped their specific approaches, and the consequences of this economisation of climate change. Focusing on the international level, it is a valuable resource for graduate students, researchers, and policymakers in the fields of politics, political economy and environmental policy. This title is also available as Open Access.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction

1. Introduction: the economisation of climate change and why it matters in the case of international economic institutions

Part II. Setting the stage

2. A framework for studying institutional output and Its alignment, causes and consequences

3. The three institutions, their roles and the environment

Part III. Fossil fuel subsidies

4. Fossil fuel subsidies: key issues

5. The G20 and fossil fuel subsidies: the catalyst

6. The OECD and fossil fuel subsidies: the knowledge provider

7. The IMF and fossil fuel subsidies: the unexpected environmentalist

8. The alignment of economic institutions on fossil fuel subsidies: synergies, but definitions can be divisive

Part IV. Climate finance

9. Climate finance: key issues

10. The G20 and climate finance: introducing finance ministries to the topic

11. The OECD and climate finance: development and investment

12. The IMF and climate finance: carbon pricing rears its head

13. The alignment of economic institutions on climate finance: efficiency in development and investment, but also carbon pricing

Part V. Conclusions

14. Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108605168

1108605168

9781108688048

1108688047