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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131492903321

Autore

Cherian Anilla

Titolo

Energy and global climate change : bridging the sustainable development divide / / Anilla Cherian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-84562-5

1-118-84607-9

1-118-84561-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

THEi Wiley ebooks

Classificazione

SCI042000

Disciplina

363.738/74561091724

Soggetti

Environmental policy - Developing countries

Poor - Energy assistance - Government policy - Developing countries

Climate change mitigation - Social aspects

Climate change mitigation - International cooperation

Energy policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Confronting the neglected nexus between climate change and energy access for the poor -- Where is the "energy" in global climate change negotiations outcomes? : examining key UN global climate change outcomes from 1992-2014 for references to nexus between climate change and energy access for the poor -- Where's the "energy" in key UN global outcomes on sustainable development? : examining the record of UNCHE 1972-Rio+20 2012 for references to nexus between climate change and energy access for the poor -- Understanding the acronym soup of voluntary initiatives and partnerships on sustainable development within the UN content : locating energy access and climate change voluntary efforts -- Towards an integraged framework on energy access for the poor and climate change : issues to consider for the UN led post-2015 development agenda.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book, is exactly the expansion of the concept of energy access for poor in terms of its linkages with climate change and sustainable development that is the main focus of investigation. In this regard, the



argument that is advanced is not whether and how to increase energy access for the poor, or whether and how to improve the prospects for a comprehensive climate change agreement, but instead to ask whether and how energy access for the poor has been factored into the series of key UN led intergovernmental climate change and sustainable development outputs"--