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The Finance Sector and Climate Change

Constraining Credit for Coal

Aynsley Kellow (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

225 Seiten

2024 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-1593-8 (ISBN)

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A common claim is that fossil fuel interests thwart sound policy on climate change, but this book shows any funding of contrarian groups is outdone by the financial sector, supporting the conduct of science, the operation of environment groups, alarmist media reporting and the conduct of politics to serve the activities in which they have invested–initially natural gas but latterly renewables. This support is often channelled through 'pass through' funds in what has been described as 'philanthrocapitalism'. One example is Covering Climate Now, a cartel of news media outlets, ensuring a perception of 'climate crisis' is maintained–despite the absence of evidence of a crisis. The result has been the imposition of restrictions of finance for coal by the World Bank and by the OECD, with the latter described for the first time in this book. This has worked to the advantage of China and harmed the developing world.

Aynsley Kellow is Professor Emeritus of Government at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Previously he was Foundation Professor of Social Sciences at the Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University. A former President of the Australian Political Studies Association and former Chair of Research Committee 38 on Politics and Business of the International Political Science Association, he was an Expert Reviewer for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has published widely on energy, environment and climate change, including Transforming Power, Science and Public Policy, Negotiating Climate Change, and (coauthored with Peter Carroll) three books on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the most recent commissioned by the OECD to mark its 60th Anniversary. His most recent book, with the late Marian Simms for Cambridge Scholars was Mining Industry Association at Multiple Levels of Governance: Drilling Down.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.05.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-0364-1593-7 / 1036415937
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-1593-8 / 9781036415938
Zustand	Neuware