The economisation of climate change : how the G20, the OECD and the IMF address fossil fuel subsidies and climate finance /
"The year 2019 saw the emergence of an unlikely duo consisting of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde1 and broadcaster and environmentalist Sir David Attenborough. They discussed the relationship between nature and the economy in a panel session, a p...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. Introduction: the economisation of climate change and why it matters in the case of international economic institutions
- Part II. Setting the stage
- 2. A framework for studying institutional output and Its alignment, causes and consequences
- 3. The three institutions, their roles and the environment
- Part III. Fossil fuel subsidies
- 4. Fossil fuel subsidies: key issues
- 5. The G20 and fossil fuel subsidies: the catalyst
- 6. The OECD and fossil fuel subsidies: the knowledge provider
- 7. The IMF and fossil fuel subsidies: the unexpected environmentalist
- 8. The alignment of economic institutions on fossil fuel subsidies: synergies, but definitions can be divisive
- Part IV. Climate finance
- 9. Climate finance: key issues
- 10. The G20 and climate finance: introducing finance ministries to the topic
- 11. The OECD and climate finance: development and investment
- 12. The IMF and climate finance: carbon pricing rears its head
- 13. The alignment of economic institutions on climate finance: efficiency in development and investment, but also carbon pricing
- Part V. Conclusions
- 14. Conclusions