International financial institutions, climate change and the urgency to facilitate clean energy investment in developing and emergin market economies / Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson.

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Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Summary; Introduction; Clean Energy, Environmental Degradation and Climate Change -- the Global Challenge; Chapter 1; The Global Cross Border Investment Regime and the Lack of an International Investment Organization; Cross Border Clean Energy Investment and the Challenging Business and Investment Environment in Developing and Emerging Economies; Chapter 2; The World Bank Group: Loans vs. Guarantees?; Chapter 3; International Financial Institutions and Risk Mitigation; Clean Energy Investment and Political Risk Mitigation

Chapter 4How International Financial Institutions Can Support Cross Border Clean Energy Projects; The Need for IFIs to Make More Use of Their Guarantee Powers in Developing and Emerging Countries; Chapter 6; Geothermal Development and Upfront Development Costs; Chapter 7; Public Private Partnerships -- Costs and Benefits; Potential Benefits from Using PPPs in Developing and Emerging Economies; Challenges to using PPPs in Developing and Emerging Economies; Host Government Cooperation with the Private Sector, Moral Hazard and Times of Crisis; PPPs -- Allocating Risks and Sharing Rewards

Chapter 8Contested Multilateralism -- The United States and China; The New Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Contested Multilateralism; Chapter 9; The Icelandic Geothermal Cluster and Cross Border Engagement; Clusters -- Definition and Theoretical Considerations; The President of Iceland and Cross Border Engagement in Developing and Emerging Markets; Porter and the Geothermal Cluster as an Engine of Renewed Growth; The Icelandic Geothermal Cluster; Cross border Geothermal Engagement. The Case of Reykjavík Energy Invest in Djibouti

Export Credit Agencies and Their Role in Risk Mitigation to Support Cross Border Trade FinanceThe Icelandic Geothermal Conference, 2016; Chapter 10; Cross Border Clean Energy Investment: Funding and Risk Mitigation -- Some Cases; The Global Environment Facility; Green Climate Fund; Climate Investment Funds; Indonesia Geothermal Development and Global Externalities; Geothermal Development in Kenya: Olkaria III Geothermal; Geothermal Potential in Turkey; Funding Hydropower Projects in Africa and Asia; The Case of the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project in Lao PDR

The Case of the Bujagali Hydropower Project in UgandaChapter 11; A Tale of Two Crises and the Urgency for Action; The Urgency to Take Action; Overview of Some Sources of Funding to Promote Cross Border Geothermal Energy Projects; Conclusion; International Financial Institutions as Key Instruments for Successful Global Climate Solutions; References; Annex; Book Endorsements; About the Author

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