Countries have pledged to stabilize global warming at a 1.5 to 2°C increase. Either target requires reaching net zero emissions before the end of the century, which implies a major transformation of the economic system. This paper reviews the literature on how policymakers can design climate...

Chapter 1. Ten Years of Actions on Climate Change Have Paid off -- Chapter 2. Effectiveness Assessment on Low-carbon City Construction in China -- Chapter 3. Opportunities and Challenges for China to Lead Global Climate Governance Against the Backdrop of De-globalization -- Chapter 4....

The authors propose a policy package of low-carbon growth stimulation through a steep increase in sustainable infrastructure, mobilizing sustainable finance, and adoption of carbon pricing to simultaneously achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The authors propose a policy package of low-carbon growth stimulation through a steep increase in sustainable infrastructure, mobilizing sustainable finance, and adoption of carbon pricing to simultaneously achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climate-related disasters - the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to name a few. In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by...

Part I: Green Finance and Investment Dynamics -- Chapter 1: Green Finance Initiatives and Their Potential to Drive Sustainable Development -- Chapter 2: Comparative Efficiency of Green Assets and Black Assets Around the Russo-Ukraine War -- Chapter 3: Does Foreign Green Finance Inspire...

Economist Nicholas Stern evaluates the economic future, and the essential steps we must take to protect growth and reduce poverty while managing climate change. The future Stern outlines is optimistic and pragmatic; he believes we have the capacity and creativity to change. But we need the will...

A situation is analysed in which two countries negotiate the financing of the incremental costs which accrue if one of them switches from a non-sustainable onto a sustainable development path. The other country's incentive to pay arises as it benefits from the developing country's environmental...