Greening the Financial Sector How to Mainstream Environmental Finance in Developing Countries /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Köhn, Doris (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Finance.; Macroeconomics.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Finance, general.; Environmental Economics.

Given the manifold challenges of financial sectors in developing and transition countries, one might be tempted to believe that embarking on “green” finance is not a priority for financial systems development. However, there are a number of arguments against this view. Environmental finance, particu...

Table of Contents:

• Mainstreaming Environmental Finance into Financial Markets - Relevance, Potential and Obstacles
• Mainstreaming Framework Conditions for Environmental Finance - The Role of the Public Sector
• Mainstreaming Environmental Finance Markets (I) - Small-Scale Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance
• The Roles of Wheather Insurance and the Carbon Market
• Mainstreaming Impact Over Time - Who Measures What for Whom?
• UNEP Perspectives
• Trading of Emission Certificates for Climate Protection: Using Markets and Private Capital for Development
• Microfinance and Climate Change: Threats and Opportunities
• Environmental Finance Through the Financial Sector - An Approach with Growing Potential - Experiences of KfW Entwicklungsbank.