LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT KEY ISSUES

Low Carbon Development: Key Issues is the first comprehensive textbook to address the interface between international development and climate change in a carbon-constrained world. It discusses the key conceptual, empirical, and policy-related issues of low carbon development and takes an international and interdisciplinary approach to the subject by drawing on insights from across the natural sciences and social sciences whilst embedding the discussion in a global context. The first part explores the concept of low carbon development and explains the need for low carbon development in a carbon-constrained world. The book then discusses the key issues of socio-economic, political, and technological nature for low carbon development, exploring topics such as the political economy, social justice, financing and carbon markets, and technologies and innovation for low carbon development.