Financial Engineering of Climate Investment in Developing Countries

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action and How to Finance It

Søren E Lütken author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Anthem Press

Published:1st Jun '14

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This book gives the first no-nonsense, hands-on account of the financing principles and perspectives for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions against climate change.

This book applies past climate finance experience and a clear understanding of financing sources and techniques to the development of financial engineering strategies for the new Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in developing countries.

The Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) is the new kid on the block in the battle against climate change. The NAMA is the most decisive instrument devised to address the fact that today the only source of growing emissions are the world’s developing countries. But as it is based purely on voluntarism it crucially depends on financing models that can lift the concept off the ground. This book provides the first insights as to how this concept can deliver on its promise – and challenges some of the fundamental mantras in international climate change collaboration.

‘Green Climate Fund and donors take note!’ —Ash Sharma, Vice President, Carbon Finance and Funds, Nordic Environmental Finance Corporation


‘Lütken’s book gives an excellent overview of the state of NAMAs as well as a fine analysis of the challenges ahead. Its strength lies in his focus on financial engineering, which can contribute to both reducing costs of desirable initiatives and tapping the existing financial system with known agents and finance products.’ —Jan Vassard, Deputy CEO, Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF)


‘Lütken addresses the challenge of NAMA financing head-on and rightly stresses that there is no “magic bullet”. Development practitioners and climate policy developers alike will find lots of food for thought in this book.’ —Axel Michaelowa, Senior Founding Partner, Perspectives GmbH


‘Lütken’s book draws attention to the role export credit agencies could play in green financing given their expertise in covering risk and financing projects that would otherwise not have materialized. This is a much-needed contribution to the climate finance debate!’ —Barbara Buchner, Senior Director, Climate Policy Initiative


‘The book covers much ground and represents a substantial advance in a field that has hitherto been mired in politicized discussions on the need to mobilize climate finance.’ —Rasmus Abildgaard Kristensen, ‘International Affairs’

ISBN: 9781783080182

Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 26mm

Weight: 454g

174 pages