Inclusive Development and Climate Change: The Geopolitics of Fossil Fuel Risks in Developing Countries

in African and Asian Studies
Authors: Joyeeta Gupta 1 and Eric Chu 2
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1 University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Online Publication Date:
27 Feb 2018
Volume/Issue:
Volume 17: Issue 1-2
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15692108-12341402
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Abstract

This conceptual paper brings together two previously disparate strands of scholarship on climate change and development together with emerging studies of stranded assets. It addresses the question: What are the lessons learnt from this literature for the way developing countries should ‘develop’ in a post-Paris Agreement world? The paper argues that instead of a blind neo-colonial process of rapidly replicating the development paths of already industrialized countries – especially in the context of the fossil fuel sector – developing countries must adopt their own unique development strategies that are more inclusive and transformative. The foregone economic gains from not investing in fossil fuels maybe compensated by the reduced risks of stranded assets and climate change impacts in the future – as well as the reduced risks of climate change impacts on, for example, the agricultural sector – which may facilitate their own unique paths toward inclusive development.

Inclusive Development and Climate Change: The Geopolitics of Fossil Fuel Risks in Developing Countries

in African and Asian Studies
E-ISSN:
1569-2108
Print ISSN:
1569-2094
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BRILL
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Inclusive development (id) variants (id-1 and id-2).
Unique routes to sustainable development.
An unsustainable model of converting resources into assets.
An inclusive and sustainable approach to resources, public goods and assets.
Energy mixes and inclusive development.

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Page Count:
90–114
Subjects:
General, African Studies, Asian Studies, Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Asian Studies
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands 2018

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