De Gruyter Handbook of Sustainable Development and Finance

  • 15h 4m
  • Tapan Sarker, Timothy Cadman
  • De Gruyter Inc
  • 2022

The De Gruyter Handbook of Sustainable Development and Finance explores the difficult and challenging issues confronting society and the environment, in the contexts of unprecedented climate change, bio-diversity loss and the global pandemic.

In this seminal text exploring a wide range of topics, and in the devastating wake of COVID-19, scholars and practitioners analyse the effectiveness of current and proposed actions to build a sustainable future, and the public and private finance necessary to prevent an impending planetary catastrophe.

The first section of the handbook introduces readers to the origins and evolution of sustainable development. An examination of public and private finance follows in the next two sections, presented from the perspectives of authors from both ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries. Climate change, one of the largest sectors of finance for sustainable development, is investigated in detail, as is the new and emerging development frontier, the ‘blue’ economy of the world’s oceans.

Suitable for students, policymakers and the public at large, the handbook highlights the lessons learned and points the way forward for sustainable development and finance in the wake of the global pandemic, and the challenges to come.

About the Author

Timothy Cadman is a Research Fellow in the Law Futures Centre and the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law at Griffith University, a Senior Research Fellow with the Earth System Governance Project and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Southern Queensland. He specialises in governance of sustainable development, environmental politics and policy, climate change and natural resource management, including forestry, responsible investment and institutional performance. He works with communities and governments across the Asia-Pacific to develop governance standards for international projects and programmes.

Tapan Sarker is a Full Professor and Finance Discipline Lead at the School of Business of the University of Southern Queensland. Tapan is an internationally renowned expert in sustainability, climate finance and public financial management. His research focusses on personal and behavioural finances as well as the factors affecting the financial participation of banks in renewable energy investment and ESG investment. He is widely published, including in top tier journals, for example, the Global Finance Journal, Finance Research Letters, Australian Tax Forum, International Review of Economics & Finance, and Economic Modelling. He is a former World Bank Scholar.

In this Book

  • Origins and Evolution of Sustainable Development and Finance
  • Complexity and Uncertainty in Sustainable Finance: An Analysis of the EU Taxonomy
  • Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital: Application to Sustainable Finance
  • The World Bank (Group) and Sustainable Development
  • Landscape Planning and Economics for Sustainable Finance
  • Certification and Sustainable Development
  • Public Finance for Sustainable Development
  • Public Finance and Fiscal Instruments for Sustainable Development
  • Financing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Role of Digital Finance
  • Fiscal Governance to Support Post-COVID Low-Carbon Development in Indonesia
  • The EU Renewable Energy Policy and Its Impact on Forests
  • Private Finance for Sustainable Development
  • Green Bonds: Debt at the Crossroad between Finance, Law and Ecology
  • Investing in Sustainable Business Models at the Base of the Pyramid
  • AI and Blockchain for Sustainable Development in India
  • Valuing Civil Society Environmental Engagement
  • Climate Finance for Sustainable Development
  • Financing Emission Reductions: Official Development Assistance (ODA)-Driven Climate Finance and beyond
  • The Adaptation Fund (AF)
  • An Analysis of the Global Carbon Market Post COP26: How Fossil Fuel Emission Reductions and Offset Integrity Must Guide Carbon Market Operation
  • Financing Climate Resilience: New Opportunities and Challenges
  • Sustainable Ocean Development and the Blue Economy
  • Ethics in the Blue Economy
  • Financing Sustainable Coastal and Maritime Tourism in the Blue Economy of the Asia-Pacific
  • Evaluating the Governance of Sustainable Development: The Quality and Legitimacy of the Blue Economy
  • How Green is the Blue Economy?
  • Finance Approaches Supporting Social Enterprise, Non-Profits and For-Purpose Organisations: A Marine Permaculture Case Study
  • Conclusion: Sustainable Development and Finance Post-Pandemic – Future Directions and Challenges
  • List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
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