Climate finance : taking a position on climate futures / Gareth Bryant, Sophie Webber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryant, Gareth, author.

Webber, Sophie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 190 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

Climate change is increasingly contested on financial terms. Different actors are advancing competing climate visions and interests by adopting financial positions. International institutions urge action by identifying financing gaps needed to meet climate targets. The finance sector claims it holds the key to unlocking money needed for climate investment. Activists expose greenwashing while using financial tactics to undermine fossil fuels. Vulnerable countries demand wealthy governments repay historical climate debts.This book offers an accessible and critical guide to the political economy and economic geography of climate finance. It identifies six competing "positions" of climate finance to make sense of the array of financial instruments, institutions and ideas that are remaking the relationship between capitalism and climate change. Using a wide range of case studies, from green bonds, to divestment, carbon offsetting, climate tech, central banks, and international climate funds, the authors show how climate finance is shaping our collective climate futures.

Contents:

Introduction: finance feels the heat

1. Climate capital"Sustainable" investmentGreen bondsResilient infrastructureRenewable energy asset finance

2. Climate riskClimate risk disclosureEnvironmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integrationDivestment

3. Precision marketsSocial costs of carbonCarbon marketsInsurance

4. Speculative marketsGreen billionairesClimate engineeringOffgrid solar

5. Big green statesGreen monetary policyGreen fiscal policy

6. Climate justice financeInternational public climate financeClimate debt and reparationsGreen new deal and degrowth

7. Conclusion: taking a position on climate finance.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78821-464-1