Trialling demand-led climate finance in Ethiopia: towards effective disbursement modalities

Abstract

Climate change poses a huge threat to developing countries, particularly to poor and vulnerable communities. Given the magnitude of the challenge, outside support is needed. Climate finance initiatives respond to this need by providing funding for 'climate smart' projects and programmes. Potentially, such support can create transformative opportunities for poor countries and communities, while building resilience to the grave threats posed by climate change impacts. Yet this landscape remains problematic, since climate finance is often inaccessible to the stakeholders who most need it and could perhaps make the best use of it, namely institutions from target countries. The Strategic Climate Institutions Programme (SCIP) Fund offers a pragmatic solution to this dilemma as well as a replicable model that is particularly relevant to vulnerable countries and communities. This follows from its emphasis on empowering diverse national stakeholders, fostering partnerships between institutions, and bolstering government.

Examination of oil import-exchange nexus for India after currency crisis

“…Considering the context of a developing nation, the pattern of economic growth is largely dependent on consumption of commercial energy generated from fossil fuel, of which crude oil shares a giant percentage (Bosupeng, 2015;Delang, 2016;Hussien et al, 2016;Ibrahiem, 2016;Ramlall, 2016;Siedenburg, 2015;Sinha, 2014Sinha, , 2015aSinha, , 2015bSinha and Bhattacharya, 2014, 2016a, 2016b, 2017Sinha and Mehta, 2014). Now, in order to determine the exchange rate, only crude oil price may not be a good indicator, as the balance of payment condition of a nation largely depends on the crude oil importing behavior.…”

Impact of ICT exports and internet usage on carbon emissions: a case of OECD countries

“…After the seminal work of Grossman and Krueger (1991), the studies on the impact of economic growth on environmental degradation started (Ibrahiem, 2016;Bhattacharya, 2016 a, b, 2017;Paramati et al, 2017;Sinha and Shahbaz, 2018). The literature started to focus majorly on the causal association between CO 2 emission and economic growth (Bosupeng, 2015;Siedenburg, 2015;Ramlall, 2016). The findings of these studies can be categorized into four themes, i.e.…”