Nordensvärd The Social Challenges and Opportunities of Low Carbon Development

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-81359-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Low Carbon Development

This book explores the social implications and challenges of low carbon and addresses how low carbon development can be realized while also achieving poverty reduction and social justice. Low carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon constrained world, but there are risks that low carbon development might come at a price that is both social and economic. The book aims to explore, critically analyse and propose different strategies for how low carbon development could become socially viable in both developed and developing countries.

The book discusses six contemporary challenges of low carbon development: the social consequences of Chinese hydropower dams in low and middle income countries, the challenges of REDD in Borneo and the Amazonas, solar power for refugees in Africa, the cost of the wind energy transition in Germany, the issue of fuel inefficient housing, poverty and low carbon housing in the UK, and transport and CO2 emissions in cities in the US. The case studies are used to illustrate some of the key social issues of low carbon development and to explore the opportunities for change.

The book presents the latest conceptual and empirical evidence on the social implications and issues of low carbon development. It serves both as a comprehensive introduction to the social and economic aspects of development and how these can be combined with low carbon efforts. It fills a crucial gap for researchers, postgraduates, practitioners, and policy-makers in the fields of climate change, development and social policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nordensvärd, Johan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Low carbon development: its social implications and challenges

2. Theoretical framework

3. The social challenges of Chinese hydropower dams in the Mekong Region (Co-author Frauke Urban)

4. The high costs of wind energy in Germany: social challenges and possible solutions (Co-author Frauke Urban)

5. Social implications of Carbon Markets – The case of carbon offsets and Plantar in Brazil (Co-authors Tamra Gilbertson and Domiziana Marinelli)

6. Domestic energy efficiency policy and fuel poverty in England (Co-author Carolyn Snell)

7. Pro-poor technology transfer: the Case of Solar Power and Refugees in Africa (Co-author Frauke Urban)

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Johan Nordensvärd works as a Researcher in Social Policy and Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science LSE, UK.