Development Aid and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries

• Main Authors: Betzold, Carola (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Weiler, Florian (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Economic development-Environmental aspects.; Poverty.; Economic policy.; Climate change.; Environmental policy.; Political economy.; Development and Sustainability.; Development Aid.; Development Policy.; Climate Change.; Environmental Politics.; International Political Economy.

This book examines development aid for climate change adaptation. Increasing amounts of aid are used to help developing countries adapt to climate change. The authors seek to discover how this aid is distributed and what constitutes the patterns of adaptation-aid giving. Does it help vulnerable coun...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The History and Political Economy of Adaptation Aid
• 3. Setting the Stage: A Mixed Methods Research Design
• 4. Descriptive Analysis: Adaptation Aid Flows in the OECD CRS
• 5. Quantitative Analysis: Who Gives Adaptation Aid to Whom?
• 6. Qualitative Analysis: Adaptation Aid in Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
• 7. Conclusion.