Full Description
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of climate change management and finance in Africa, highlighting the continent's unique challenges, opportunities, and responses. It provides a detailed analysis of the historical context, current impacts, and future projections of climate change across Africa. The book also discusses the policy frameworks and institutional mechanisms shaping Africa's climate actions, spotlighting key regional and international agreements, national policies, and governance structures.
The book thoroughly examines the diverse landscape of climate finance in Africa, covering sources such as international funds, bilateral and multilateral agreements, and domestic initiatives.
An interdisciplinary resource, it bridges environmental economics, climate finance, sustainable development, and public policy. Researchers and practitioners across fields like environmental management, sustainability, and international development will find it an invaluable reference for understanding and addressing climate change in Africa.
Contents
Part I. Principles And Concepts Of Climate Change Management.- Chapter 1. Introduction: An overview of climate change management and financing in Africa.- Chapter 2. The Magnitude, Pattern, and Implication of Climate Change in Africa: A Review of the Evidence.- Chapter 3. Assessing Socio-Political Risk on Climate Change-Induced Vulnerability in Sub-Sahara Africa: Does Tax Policy Matter?.- Chapter 4. Climate Change-Induced-Vulnerability Management Strategies in African Countries.- Chapter 5. Accounting for Climate Change and Energy Transition.- Chapter 6. Globalization, Institutional Quality and Climate Change in Africa: Analysing the Threshold Effect of Energy Transition.- Chapter 7. Foreign aid, governance quality and climate change: Evidence from Africa.- Chapter 8. Climate Change Literacy: A Synthesis of the Evidence in Africa.- Part II. Financing Strategies for Climate Change-Induced Vulnerability.- Chapter 9. Taxation and climate change-induced vulnerability in Africa: Does globalization matter?.- Chapter 10. Climate change mitigation strategy, household welfare and financing options in Africa.- Chapter 11. Climate change adaptation strategy and inclusive development in Africa: Analysing the threshold effect of banking services and environmental taxes.- Chapter 12. Should Africa innovate, tax, or both to address climate change-induced vulnerability? Empirical evidence.- Chapter 13. Sustainable Financing and Climate Change-Induced Vulnerability in Africa: Are Public-Private Partnerships the Solution?.
