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Unpacking the Politics of C40: ‘Critical Friendship’ for a Second Decade
Author(s) -
Smeds Emilia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
global policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1758-5899
pISSN - 1758-5880
DOI - 10.1111/1758-5899.12757
Subject(s) - unpacking , futures contract , politics , government (linguistics) , investment (military) , climate finance , action (physics) , debt , friendship , business , economics , finance , political science , economic growth , sociology , developing country , social science , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics , law
It will be interesting to see how C40 positions itself with respect to such possible futures. Current C40 initiatives focus on cities financing climate action through debt and private investment for ‘bankable’ infrastructure projects, rather than lobbying for national government spending. Globally, a huge spending/financing ‘gap’ still exists for enabling societal transitions to low‐carbon economies and infrastructures.