The 2015 Paris Accord stated the aim to limit the increase in global mean temperatures to 2ºC compared to pre-industrial levels and if possible, keep it down to 1.5ºC. Achieving this is possible, but the costs incurred are uncertain and the distribution of costs among nations is indistinct. Furthermore, even if the goal is realised, significant impacts from climate change can be expected. Evidence indicates that these will be felt most severely in countries that are relatively poor. These effects of climate change will be added to by the measures taken to reduce GHGs. Together, they will determine how climate change affects the prospects for development across the globe. The analysis of the interplay between climate change and policies to combat it on the one hand and development on the other are the focus of this book.
Contents:
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Preface
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About the Editors
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Introduction
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What are the Prospects for Development in the Face of Climate Change?:
- The Economic Impact of Climate in the Long Run (Richard S J Tol)
- Balancing the Distribution Across Generations: Putting the Horse Before the Cart (Wolfgang Buchholz and Dirk Rubbelke)
- Climate and Development: The Role of the Sustainable Development Goals (Edward B Barbier and Joanne C Burgess)
- Losing and Gaining Freedom Due to Climate Change (Evert Van de Vliert and Mohsen Joshanloo)
- Economic Damage of Climate Change: How Far is it From the Physical Damage? (Taoyuan Wei and H Asbjorn Aaheim)
- Climate Change Impacts and Market-Driven Adaptation: The Costs of Inaction Including Market Rigidities (Francesco Bosello and Ramiro Parrado)
- Agricultural TFP Under a Changing Climate: Evidence from High, Middle, and Low-Income Countries (Sevil Acar and Simay K?z?lkaya)
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Pathways Through Which Climate Change Can Cause Harm (or Benefit) to Development:
- The Climate-Conflicts Nexus and the Role of Geographical Spillovers (Federica Cappelli, Valeria Costantini, Elena Paglialunga, Giorgia Sforna and Anil Markandya)
- A Subscription vs. Appropriation Framework for Natural Resource Conflicts (Dripto Bakshi and Indraneel Dasgupta)
- Climate and Migration (Katrin Millock and Cees Withagen)
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How Climate Policy Can be Designed to Aid Development?:
- Smart and Sustainable Cities in the MENA Countries: Combining Sustainable Growth and Climate Adaption? (Jan Friesen and Marc Ringel)
- Negative Emissions in Climate Policy — Scenarios, Governance, and Challenges (Joahnnes Pfeiffer and Karen Pittel)
- Can Blue Carbon Initiatives Help Conserve Mangroves in Developing Countries? (Christa Brunnschweiler and Tiziana Luisetti)
- The Fight Against Deforestation of Tropical Forests — The Contribution of the Blockchain-Based Contract Management Method to Minimize Illegal Logging (Elena Mechik and Michael von Hauff)
- Impact of Germany's Phase Out of Coal Power Plants on Developing Countries (Stefan Vogele and Kristina Govorukha)
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Index
Readership: Policy makers, graduate and undergraduate students and researchers in particular in the fields of economics, political science, environmental sciences and development studies.
Key Features:
- The book provides a state-of-the-art collection of research on issues in the context of climate change and development across the globe
- Internationally renowned scientists contribute ideas to improve the attainment of the climate protection goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
