Frauke Urban is Lecturer in Environment and Development at the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK. She specializes in the linkages between energy, climate change and development, especially low carbon development, climate change mitigation and energy policy.Johan Nordensvärd is a Researcher specializing in the field of social policy and low carbon development, globalization, global climate governance and energy policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Low Carbon Development: Origins, Concepts and Key Issues Part 2: The Politics of Low Carbon Development 2. The Political Economy of Low Carbon Development 3. The Climate Change Policy Process and Low Carbon Development Part 3: The Social Dimensions of Low Carbon Development 4. Social Justice and Low Carbon Development 5. Social Policy and Low Carbon Development Part 4: The Economics of Low Carbon Development 6. Climate Change Economics: Financing Low Carbon Development 7. The Future of Carbon Markets: Carbon Trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and beyond Part 5: Technology and Innovation for Low Carbon Development 8. Low Carbon Innovation and Technology Transfer Part 6: Key Issues for Low Carbon Development in Policy and Practice 9. Renewable Energy and Energy Access in Developing Countries 10. Revolutionising the Electricity Sector: Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Grid Infrastructure 11. Forestry and Low Carbon Development 12. Agriculture and Low Carbon Development 13. Transportation and Low Carbon Development 14. Triple Win? The Case of Climate Compatible Development Part 7: Key Issues for Low Carbon Development in Low, Middle and High Income Countries: Case Studies 15. Approaches to Low Carbon Development in Low, Middle and High Income Countries: A Conceptual Framework 16. Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in a Carbon Constrained World: The Case of Ethiopia 17. Low Carbon Development in Tanzania: Lessons from its Solar Home System Market 18. Ride the Wind: Wind Energy in China 19. Low Carbon City Planning in China 20. From Outsider to World Leader: Bioethanol in Brazil 21. Carbon Capture and Storage (CSS) in the US 22. Energy Efficiency Policy in Germany and the UK Final Thoughts

'In this student-friendly edited volume Urban and Nordensvärd have produced the first comprehensive introduction to low carbon development. In this one volume there is an impressive focus on the economic, political and social prospects for low carbon strategies across a range of policy areas in both the rich and poor worlds.' – Michael Cahill, University of Brighton, UK

Frauke Urban is Lecturer in Environment and Development at the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK. She specializes in the linkages between energy, climate change and development, especially low carbon development, climate change mitigation and energy policy.Johan Nordensvärd is a Researcher specializing in the field of social policy and low carbon development, globalization, global climate governance and energy policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Low Carbon Development: Origins, Concepts and Key Issues Part 2: The Politics of Low Carbon Development 2. The Political Economy of Low Carbon Development 3. The Climate Change Policy Process and Low Carbon Development Part 3: The Social Dimensions of Low Carbon Development 4. Social Justice and Low Carbon Development 5. Social Policy and Low Carbon Development Part 4: The Economics of Low Carbon Development 6. Climate Change Economics: Financing Low Carbon Development 7. The Future of Carbon Markets: Carbon Trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and beyond Part 5: Technology and Innovation for Low Carbon Development 8. Low Carbon Innovation and Technology Transfer Part 6: Key Issues for Low Carbon Development in Policy and Practice 9. Renewable Energy and Energy Access in Developing Countries 10. Revolutionising the Electricity Sector: Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Grid Infrastructure 11. Forestry and Low Carbon Development 12. Agriculture and Low Carbon Development 13. Transportation and Low Carbon Development 14. Triple Win? The Case of Climate Compatible Development Part 7: Key Issues for Low Carbon Development in Low, Middle and High Income Countries: Case Studies 15. Approaches to Low Carbon Development in Low, Middle and High Income Countries: A Conceptual Framework 16. Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in a Carbon Constrained World: The Case of Ethiopia 17. Low Carbon Development in Tanzania: Lessons from its Solar Home System Market 18. Ride the Wind: Wind Energy in China 19. Low Carbon City Planning in China 20. From Outsider to World Leader: Bioethanol in Brazil 21. Carbon Capture and Storage (CSS) in the US 22. Energy Efficiency Policy in Germany and the UK Final Thoughts

'In this student-friendly edited volume Urban and Nordensvärd have produced the first comprehensive introduction to low carbon development. In this one volume there is an impressive focus on the economic, political and social prospects for low carbon strategies across a range of policy areas in both the rich and poor worlds.' – Michael Cahill, University of Brighton, UK

Frauke Urban is Lecturer in Environment and Development at the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK. She specializes in the linkages between energy, climate change and development, especially low carbon development, climate change mitigation and energy policy.Johan Nordensvärd is a Researcher specializing in the field of social policy and low carbon development, globalization, global climate governance and energy policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Low Carbon Development: Origins, Concepts and Key Issues Part 2: The Politics of Low Carbon Development 2. The Political Economy of Low Carbon Development 3. The Climate Change Policy Process and Low Carbon Development Part 3: The Social Dimensions of Low Carbon Development 4. Social Justice and Low Carbon Development 5. Social Policy and Low Carbon Development Part 4: The Economics of Low Carbon Development 6. Climate Change Economics: Financing Low Carbon Development 7. The Future of Carbon Markets: Carbon Trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and beyond Part 5: Technology and Innovation for Low Carbon Development 8. Low Carbon Innovation and Technology Transfer Part 6: Key Issues for Low Carbon Development in Policy and Practice 9. Renewable Energy and Energy Access in Developing Countries 10. Revolutionising the Electricity Sector: Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Grid Infrastructure 11. Forestry and Low Carbon Development 12. Agriculture and Low Carbon Development 13. Transportation and Low Carbon Development 14. Triple Win? The Case of Climate Compatible Development Part 7: Key Issues for Low Carbon Development in Low, Middle and High Income Countries: Case Studies 15. Approaches to Low Carbon Development in Low, Middle and High Income Countries: A Conceptual Framework 16. Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in a Carbon Constrained World: The Case of Ethiopia 17. Low Carbon Development in Tanzania: Lessons from its Solar Home System Market 18. Ride the Wind: Wind Energy in China 19. Low Carbon City Planning in China 20. From Outsider to World Leader: Bioethanol in Brazil 21. Carbon Capture and Storage (CSS) in the US 22. Energy Efficiency Policy in Germany and the UK Final Thoughts

'In this student-friendly edited volume Urban and Nordensvärd have produced the first comprehensive introduction to low carbon development. In this one volume there is an impressive focus on the economic, political and social prospects for low carbon strategies across a range of policy areas in both the rich and poor worlds.' – Michael Cahill, University of Brighton, UK