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Low Carbon Development: Origins, concepts and key issues

Urban, Frauke; Nordensvard, Johan

Authors

Frauke Urban

Johan Nordensvard



Contributors

Frauke Urban
Editor

Johan Nordensvard
Editor

Abstract

Low carbon development is crucial for mitigating emissions that lead to climate change and for enabling development in a carbon constrained world. Low carbon development is being pursued by high income countries and emerging emitters to reduce emissions, increase economic growth and firm competitiveness. At the same time, low carbon development is an option for lower income countries to access modern energy, low carbon technology and to reduce poverty. This chapter elaborates what low carbon development is, why it is needed, how it is defined, how it differs from other key concepts in the field of environment and development and how to achieve low carbon development in practice.

Citation

Urban, F., & Nordensvard, J. (2013). Low Carbon Development: Origins, concepts and key issues. In F. Urban, & J. Nordensvard (Eds.), Low Carbon Development: Key Issues (3-22). Earthscan, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203108628-11

Publication Date Mar 1, 2013
Deposit Date Oct 1, 2013
Pages 3-22
Book Title Low Carbon Development: Key Issues
ISBN 9780415538985
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203108628-11



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