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  title info:
    title: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability
  name:
    name part: Huang, Yongfu.
    role:
      role term: editor.
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      role term: edt
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt
  name:
    name part: Pascual, Unai.
    role:
      role term: editor.
    role:
      role term: edt
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: si
    date issued: 2018
    edition: 1st ed. 2018.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXIV, 466 p. 22 illus., 17 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: 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: Introduction.- Foreign Aid for Capacity-building to Address Climate Change -- Lessons Learnt About Foreign Aid for Climate Change Related Capacity-Building.- The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Mitigation -- A Review of the Nature of Foreign Aid to the Energy Sector over the Last Two Decades -- An Analysis of the Links between Foreign Aid and Co2 Emissions in Cities.- Foreign Aid, Urbanization and Green Cities -- Opportunities and Conditions for Successful Foreign Aid to the Forestry Sector -- The Evolution, Paradigm Shift and Guidelines for Foreign Aid in Forestry -- Financing Sustainable Agriculture under Climate Change with a Specific Focus on Foreign Aid.- Foreign Aid and Sustainable Agriculture in Africa.- The Global Partnership on Foreign Aid for Sustainable Development.- Conclusion.
  note: edited by Yongfu Huang, Unai Pascual.
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable development
  subject:
    topic: Environmental sociology
  subject:
    topic: Economic development
  subject:
    topic: Social change
  subject:
    topic: Environmental policy
  subject:
    topic: Climate change
  subject:
    topic: Environmental economics
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable Development
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Sociology
  subject:
    topic: Development and Social Change
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Policy
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Economics
  classification: GE195-199
  classification: GE196
  classification: 338.927
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      title: Springer eBooks
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    record creation date: 171229
    record change date: 20191220130533.0
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