The Political Economy of Green Bonds in Emerging Markets: South Africa's Faltering Transition

by Manuel Neumann

Funding low-carbon transitions to address climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. Green bonds have emerged as a powerful tool to enlist institutional investors' wealth for these transitions. But despite exponential growth in many parts of the world, the green bond market in South Africa has been stalling. This book project grapples with this puzzle. Firstly, it debunks some of the promises underpinning green bond markets and traces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031305043
• ISBN13: 9783031305047
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 281 Pages