The Big Push For Transformation Through Climate And Development

Author : World Bank,International Monetary Fund,London School of Economics and Political Science,Brookings Institution
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798400235689

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The Big Push for Transformation Through Climate and Development by World Bank,International Monetary Fund,London School of Economics and Political Science,Brookings Institution Pdf

The High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth came together to provide policy analysis and practical proposals for actions that could help countries secure a strong recovery from the pandemic and a successful green transition. This report pulls together key findings from the deliberations and provides actionable recommendations to support a pathway to green, resilient, and inclusive development (GRID). The HLAG started by assessing the scale and nature of investment and financing challenges. It was immediately clear that investment needs require rapid and sustained scaling up: conservative estimates presented to the HLAG by Bhattacharya et al. (2022) suggest that EMDEs other than China have aggregate investment and development spending needs on the order of at least $1.3 trillion per year by 2025 and $3.5 trillion per year by 2030.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0195531914

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Our Common Future by Anonim Pdf

Author : Department of Economic & Social Affairs,United Nations,United Nations. Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211045878

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Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation by Department of Economic & Social Affairs,United Nations,United Nations. Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination Pdf

This book presents an overview of the key debates that took place during the Economic and Social Council meetings at the 2007 High-level Segment, at which ECOSOC organized its first biennial Development Cooperation Forum. The discussions also revolved around the theme of the second Annual Ministerial Review, "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development."--P. 4 of cover.

Author : United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs,United Nations
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9211091594

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World Economic and Social Survey 2009 by United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs,United Nations Pdf

According to the Survey, economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside losses. Local concerns have been compounded by new global threats as unregulated markets and climate change. The Survey offers a different approach with a strong social contract and more integrated and pragmatic economic and social policy. It calls for more active policy responses to help communities better manage these new risks, increased investment in preventing threatening events from emerging and more concerted efforts to strengthen the underlying social contracts which are, in the end, the real basis of a more secure, stable and just future.

Author : Daniel C. Esty
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300248890

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A Better Planet by Daniel C. Esty Pdf

A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world’s leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the adoption of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals through the United Nations have highlighted the need to address critical challenges such as the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, water shortages, and air pollution. But in the United States, partisan divides, regional disputes, and deep disagreements over core principles have made it nearly impossible to chart a course toward a sustainable future. This timely new book, edited by celebrated scholar Daniel C. Esty, offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental thought leaders across the political spectrum. The book’s forty essays cover such subjects as ecology, environmental justice, Big Data, public health, and climate change, all with an emphasis on sustainability. The book focuses on moving toward sustainability through actionable, bipartisan approaches based on rigorous analytical research.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821395523

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Inclusive Green Growth by World Bank Pdf

Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development makes the case that greening growth is necessary, efficient, and affordable. Yet spurring growth without ensuring equity will thwart efforts to reduce poverty and improve access to health, education, and infrastructure services.

Author : International Centre for Engineering Education,UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231004377

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Engineering for Sustainable Development by International Centre for Engineering Education,UNESCO Pdf

The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced profession that can better respond to the shortage of engineers for implementing the SDGs. It provides a snapshot of the engineering innovations that are shaping our world, especially emerging technologies such as big data and AI, which are crucial for addressing the pressing challenges facing humankind and the planet. It analyses the transformation of engineering education and capacity-building at the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that will enable engineers to tackle the challenges ahead. It highlights the global effort needed to address the specific regional disparities, while summarizing the trends of engineering across the different regions of the world.

Author : National Intelligence Council
Publisher : Cosimo Reports
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646794974

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Global Trends 2040 by National Intelligence Council Pdf

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464801648

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World Development Indicators 2014 by World Bank Pdf

World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank s premier annual compilation of data about development. This year s print edition and e-book have been redesigned to allow users the convenience of easily linking to the latest data on-line.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780931692

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Climate Protection and Development by United Nations Pdf

This book spells out what can and should be done to avert the real risks of disaster. It is not a story of complacent congratulation for "win-win" initiatives and "green" consumer choices. It summons us to an endeavour worthy of the resources and ingenuity of the twenty-first century.

Author : Frank Ackerman,Richard Kozul-Wright,Rob Vos
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780931715

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Climate Protection and Development by Frank Ackerman,Richard Kozul-Wright,Rob Vos Pdf

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Writing about climate change often falls into one of two opposite traps - predicting either calamity or apathy - both of which this book avoids. This is not a story of gloom and doom, of inevitable climate catastrophe. On the contrary, this book spells out, in more detail than usual, what can and should be done to avert the real risks of disaster. Nor is it one of complacent congratulation for "win-win" initiatives, cautiously incremental steps, and "green" consumer choices. Climate Protection and Development summons us to an endeavour worthy of the resources and ingenuity of the twenty-first century - towards bold initiatives with big costs, and much bigger benefits. This book explores the interconnected issues of climate and development, laying the groundwork for just such a new deal. It presents a challenging agenda, and highlights the needs and perspectives of developing countries which may be unfamiliar or uncomfortable to readers in high-income countries. The unfortunate truth is that any large country, or group of mid-sized countries, can veto any global climate solution by refusing to participate, so a solution will only work if it works for everyone.

Author : Eswar S. Prasad
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674258440

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The Future of Money by Eswar S. Prasad Pdf

A cutting-edge look at how accelerating financial change, from the end of cash to the rise of cryptocurrencies, will transform economies for better and worse. We think weÕve seen financial innovation. We bank from laptops and buy coffee with the wave of a phone. But these are minor miracles compared with the dizzying experiments now underway around the globe, as businesses and governments alike embrace the possibilities of new financial technologies. As Eswar Prasad explains, the world of finance is at the threshold of major disruption that will affect corporations, bankers, states, and indeed all of us. The transformation of money will fundamentally rewrite how ordinary people live. Above all, Prasad foresees the end of physical cash. The driving force wonÕt be phones or credit cards but rather central banks, spurred by the emergence of cryptocurrencies to develop their own, more stable digital currencies. Meanwhile, cryptocurrencies themselves will evolve unpredictably as global corporations like Facebook and Amazon join the game. The changes will be accompanied by snowballing innovations that are reshaping finance and have already begun to revolutionize how we invest, trade, insure, and manage risk. Prasad shows how these and other changes will redefine the very concept of money, unbundling its traditional functions as a unit of account, medium of exchange, and store of value. The promise lies in greater efficiency and flexibility, increased sensitivity to the needs of diverse consumers, and improved market access for the unbanked. The risk is instability, lack of accountability, and erosion of privacy. A lucid, visionary work, The Future of Money shows how to maximize the best and guard against the worst of what is to come.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : UN
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 921122053X

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Building a New Future by United Nations Pdf

This publication argues that Latin America and the Caribbean are in a position to move towards a "big push for sustainability" through a combination of economic, industrial, social and environmental policies capable of driving an equal and sustainable recovery and relaunching development in the region. Comprised of five chapters, the publication studies the three crises (slow growth, growing inequality and the environmental emergency) affecting economies and societies around the world, placing particular focus on those of Latin America and the Caribbean. It goes on to present a framework for analysing these crises in an integrated manner and measuring their magnitude in the specified regions. It then examines the quantitative impacts on growth, emissions, income distribution and the external sector under different policy scenarios, highlighting the potential of various policy combinations to forge a more dynamic growth path, with lower emissions and greater equality. Further identifying seven sectors that can drive sustainable development and proposing policies to foster these sectors, the publication concludes with an analysis that links up macroeconomic, industrial, social and environmental policies and the role of the State in building consensus for their implementation.

Author : Ian Parry,Mr. Simon Black,Mr. James Roaf
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513583204

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Proposal for an International Carbon Price Floor Among Large Emitters by Ian Parry,Mr. Simon Black,Mr. James Roaf Pdf

Countries are increasingly committing to midcentury ‘net-zero’ emissions targets under the Paris Agreement, but limiting global warming to 1.5 to 2°C requires cutting emissions by a quarter to a half in this decade. Making sufficient progress to stabilizing the climate therefore requires ratcheting up near-term mitigation action but doing so among 195 parties simultaneously is proving challenging. Reinforcing the Paris Agreement with an international carbon price floor (ICPF) could jump-start emissions reductions through substantive policy action, while circumventing emerging pressure for border carbon adjustments. The ICPF has two elements: (1) a small number of key large-emitting countries, and (2) the minimum carbon price each commits to implement. The arrangement can be pragmatically designed to accommodate equity considerations and emissions-equivalent alternatives to carbon pricing. The paper discusses the rationale for an ICPF, considers design issues, compares it with alternative global regimes, and quantifies its impacts.

Author : Jiahua Pan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811687891

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Political Economy of China’s Climate Policy by Jiahua Pan Pdf

This book covers major advances in China’s climate policy over the past decade and presents theoretical approaches to climate justice and low-carbon transformation from a Chinese perspective. It analyzes the political economy of China’s climate policy, and subsequently addresses the following major aspects: carbon emissions and human rights, equity and carbon budgets, economic analysis of low-carbon transformation, economics of adaptation to climate change, and international climate regime building.