Climate Finance

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A pocket tour de force, this short book packs a very large punch. With authority and great clarity, Bryant and Webber present perhaps the most comprehensive analysis yet of the role finance capital is playing in both causing and arresting the escalating challenges of climate change. -- Noel Castree, University of Technology Sydney and University of Manchester From debt and green bonds, to carbon markets and Green New Deals, Gareth Bryant and Sophie Webber masterfully steer the reader through the vast, complex and technical world of climate finance with deep, rich and engaging analysis of specific practices and financial strategies as well as the actors, institutions and politics that govern climate finance. This is by far the best book on the subject. I recommend it wholeheartedly for anyone interested in the fate of the planet. -- Peter Newell, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex, author of Power Shift and Global Green Politics A lucid, comprehensive and expansively researched examination of the contested terrain we call 'climate finance'. Bryant and Webber offer much-needed clarity on the many forms climate finance can take, all while centring a vital truth: that contrary to claims toward the objectivity and neutral wisdom of markets, in the end climate finance is all about politics, and all about power. Essential reading. -- Adrienne Buller, author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism Whether you teach or research climate governance, or are a policymaker or entrepreneur, this book provides a readable, critical and comprehensive overview of the theory, dynamics and practice of climate finance. -- Diana Liverman, Regents' Professor, University of Arizona A vital and comprehensive critique of climate finance. The book brings much-needed clarity to an industry and an agenda that, even while it remains ill-defined, is becoming the dominant lens through which climate action is viewed. -- Kate Mackenzie, Fellow, Centre for Policy Development, Australia An insightful, deep examination of climate finance politics. -- Daniela Gabor, Professor of Economics and Macro-Finance, University of the West of England