Essays about: "sustainable development and finance"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 102 essays containing the words sustainable development and finance.

1. 21. Risk-Informed Development: Barriers and enabling factors in development cooperation in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Christine Falta; [2022]
   Keywords : Risk-informed development; Georgia; health sector; integration; climate change adaptation; disaster risk management; sustainable development; Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction; Paris Agreement; Sustainable Development Goals; resilience; risk information; risk management; development cooperation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Risk-informed development aims to include complex risks into all levels and phases of decision-making. Going beyond the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, risk-informed development emerged after the 2015 global agreements (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals) and represents a rationale to consider multiple disaster and climate risks simultaneously in societal development. READ MORE

3. 22. The "EU Climate Bank"? - A study on the environmental commitments of the European Investment Bank and the alignment with the right to a healthy environment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Emelie Georg; [2022]
   Keywords : European Investment Bank; the right to a healthy environment; multilateral development banks; international financial institutions; human rights; sustainable finance; the EIB Group Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between international finance and environmental rights, and how the concept of sustainable finance has emerged as a response to climate change and the rapid transition towards a sustainable economy. Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are a key player in the transition to a green economy, contributing to 68% of global climate finance. READ MORE

4. 23. Decarbonisation pathways for the Indonesian power system : policy measures and financial schemes options

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : Miguel Alumbreros Rodríguez; [2022]
   Keywords : Indonesia; power system; decarbonisation; policy measures; financial schemes; Indonesien; kraftsystem; avkarbonisering; politiska åtgärder; finansiella system;

   Abstract : In view of the potential threat climate change poses around the globe, countries are pledging to emission reductions to alleviate its consequences. As part of the Paris Agreement, Indonesia set sustainability targets for the energy sector, where one of the biggest emitters is the national power system. READ MORE

5. 24. Towards a Sustainable (Investment) Climate : A Case Study of Economic Normative Fit and the Evolution of Normative Intentions of Climate Change Financing in the World Bank Group 2000-2021

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Nora Förell; [2022]
   Keywords : norm fit; critical constructivism; climate change finance; the World Bank Group; development policy;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the evolution of normative intentions of climate change financing in the World Bank Group (WBG) between the years 2000–2021. The study contributes to critical constructivist International Relations theory by expanding on previous research on norm fit by examining the evolutionary process of economic normative fit. READ MORE

6. 25. Institutional Investors and Sustainability - An Analysis of Institutional Investors’ Legal Due Diligence Obligations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Louise Bjerrek; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation; Human Rights Due Diligence; Institutional Investors; Greenwashing; Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; National Contact Point.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Agenda has launched several new actions in order to reorient capital flow of the financial market to sustainability objectives. One of these initiatives was to unify and harmonize the rules on marketing of sustainable aims of financial products. READ MORE