UID:
edoccha_9958081622602883
Umfang:
pages cm.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-48671-6
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9786613581945
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0-8213-9489-4
Serie:
World Bank study
Inhalt:
Increasing concerns over the effects of climate change have heightened the importance of accelerating investments in green growth. The International Energy Agency, for example, estimates that to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent by 2050, global investments in the energy sector alone will need to total US750 billion a year by 2030 and over US1.6 trillion a year from 2030-2050. Despite global efforts to mobilize required capital flows, the investments still fall far short. Bloomberg New Energy Finance argues that by 2020 investments will be US150 billion short from the levels requ
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Assessment of Leading Initiatives; Overview; Conclusions from Research; Assessment of Gaps-What Can Be Achieved in the Short-Term?; 1. Introduction; Background; Impediments to Accelerating Green Investments; Objectives and Scope of the Report; Methodology; 2. Global and Regional Initiatives; UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Other Global Initiatives; Tables; Table 1: Participation of Organizations in Global Initiatives; Regional and Country Initiatives; Table 2: Examples of Technology-Oriented Agreements
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3. Established and Proposed International Funding Programs Funding Needs and Funding Sources; Table 3: Three International Funding Sources Supporting Low-Carbon Growth; Kyoto Protocol's CDM/JI; Climate Investment Funds (CIF); Global Environment Facility (GEF); Examples of the World Bank Funding Programs; Carbon Finance by International Finance Corporation (IFC); Green Fund Proposed by International Monetary Fund (IMF); Green Climate Fund; Other Programs by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), Export Credit Agencies (ECAs), and International Institutions
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Table 4: Examples of Other Climate-Friendly Activities of MDBs and Other OrganizationsTable 5: UK's ECGD Products; 4. Public Interventions: Fiscal and Economic Instruments; Public Interventions; Public Policies and Finance; Fiscal Instruments: Taxes and Subsidies; Tradable Permit Schemes; Table 6: Examples of ETSs in Operation; Table 7: Existing Tradable Permit Schemes in the APEC Region; Table 8: Proposed Tradable Permit Schemes in the APEC Region; Figures; Figure 1: Cost of Cleaner Energy; Property Rights (Market Creation); Table 9: Examples of Market Creation
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5. Regulations and Monitoring Programs Liability Rules; Information Standards and Programs; Table 10: Examples of Liability Rules for Environmental Protection; Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV); Table 11: Summary of Selected Information Programs; Figure 2: An Example of GHG Emissions across the Product Life-Cycle; Table 12: Strategy for Greening Capital Markets through Activities and Products That Rely on MRV Procedures; Table 13: CO2 Emission Data According to BP and PBL; 6. Private Financial Products and Services; Role of Private Sector; Private Equity in Green Investments
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Wholesale Banking Table 14: Corporate and Investment Products and Services; Asset Management; Insurance; Table 15: Asset Management Products and Services; Table 16: Insurance Products and Services; Retail Finance; Table 17: Retail Products and Services; 7. Country Examples of Pro-Green Policies and Programs; China; Figure 3: Ratio of Green Share of Select Countries' Stimulus Packages; The Republic of Korea; Japan; Germany; The United States; Figure 4: Renewable Energy in Germany; Annex 1. Policy Instruments and Public Finance Mechanisms to Mobilize Private Sector Investments in CFTs
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Table 18: Classification of Climate-change Mitigation Instruments
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-9488-6
Sprache:
Englisch
