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Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability

This collection examines the role that foreign aid can play in dealing with the severe global challenge of climate change, one of the most pressing international development issues of the 21st century. Addressing the key threats of rising temperatures, changes in precipitation, coastal erosion and natural disasters, the book considers the implications for policy and future research, particularly in developing countries.

Focusing on the worth of foreign aid in ensuring environmental sustainability, this collection consider how it can be used to improve access to sustainable energy, to promote efficient use of energy resources, to improve emission reduction and support the preservation of biodiversity in forests. Advancing our knowledge about foreign aid and climate change, it provides policy recommendations for the donors and recipient country governments.

A cutting edge text on one of the most pressing international development issues of this century, this is key reading for all scholars of international development and climate change.

Table of contents
  1. 1. Introduction
    Yongfu Huang, Unai Pascual
  2. 2. Foreign Aid for Capacity Building to Address Climate Change
    David Victor
    More Working Paper | Foreign Aid for Capacity-Building to Address Climate Change
  3. 3. Lessons Learnt about Foreign Aid for Climate Change Related Capacity-Building
    Zexian Chen, Jingjing He
    More Working Paper | Foreign Aid for Climate Change Related Capacity Building
  4. 4. The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Mitigation
    Hans-Holger Rogner, Kei-Kit Leung
    More Working Paper | The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid for Sustainable Energy
  5. 5. A Review of the Nature of Foreign Aid to the Energy Sector over the Last Two Decades
    Luis Gómez-Echeverri
    More Working Paper | Foreign Aid and Sustainable Energy
  6. 6. An Analysis of the Links between Foreign Aid and Co2 Emissions in Cities
    Sandrine Kablan
    More Working Paper | Foreign Aid, Green Cities and Buildings
  7. 7. Foreign Aid, Urbanization and Green Cities
    Jun Li
    More Working Paper | Foreign Aid, Urbanization and Green Cities
  8. 8. Opportunities and Conditions for Successful Foreign Aid to the Forestry Sector
    Unai Pascual, Eneko Garmendia, Jacob Phelps, Elena Ojea
    More Working Paper | Leveraging Global Climate Finance for Sustainable Forests
  9. 9. The Evolution, Paradigm Shift and Guidelines for Foreign Aid in Forestry
    Pekka E. Kauppi
    More Working Paper | Foreign Aid and Sustainable Forestry
  10. 10. Financing Sustainable Agriculture under Climate Change with a Specific Focus on Foreign Aid
    Jikun Huang, Yangjie Wang
    More Working Paper | Financing Sustainable Agriculture Under Climate Change with a Specific Focus on Foreign Aid
  11. 11. Foreign Aid and Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
    Siddig Umbadda, Ismail Elgizouli
    More Working Paper | Foreign Aid and Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
  12. 12. The Global Partnership on Foreign Aid for Sustainable Development
    Yongfu Huang, M. G. Quibria
    More Working Paper | The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
  13. 13. Conclusion
    Yongfu Huang, Unai Pascual
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