Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability

Dr Yongfu Huang is Research Fellow at the World Institute of Development Economics Research of United Nations University (UNU-WIDER). He also serves on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as Lead Author for its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), working on 'Cross-cutting finance and investment issues'. His research interests lie in the areas of development finance, green growth, inclusive growth and sustainable development.  Dr Unai Pascual is Ikerbasque Research Professor in environmental economics and policy at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3). He is a Senior Visiting Professor at the Department of Land Economy of the University of Cambridge. His research interests include the economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services, natural resource modelling and the interconnectedness of global environmental change and economic development.

• Introduction.- Foreign Aid for Capacity-building to Address Climate Change.- Lessons Learnt About Foreign Aid for ClimateChange Related Capacity-Building.- The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Mitigation.- A Review of the Nature of Foreign Aid to the Energy Sector over the Last Two Decades.- An Analysis of the Links between Foreign Aid and Co2Emissions in Cities.- Foreign Aid, Urbanization and Green Cities.- Opportunities and Conditions for Successful Foreign Aid to the Forestry Sector.- The Evolution, Paradigm Shift and Guidelines for Foreign Aid in Forestry.- Financing Sustainable Agriculture under ClimateChange with a Specific Focus on Foreign Aid.- Foreign Aid and Sustainable Agriculture in Africa.- The Global Partnership on Foreign Aid for Sustainable Development.- Conclusion.