Climate change and global poverty : a billion lives in the balance? / Lael Brainard, Abigail Jones, Nigel Purvis, editors.
2009
362.556 C639 2009
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Title
Climate change and global poverty : a billion lives in the balance? / Lael Brainard, Abigail Jones, Nigel Purvis, editors.
ISBN
9780815702818 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815702817 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815702817 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
viii, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number
362.556 C639 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)294886464
(OCoLC)294886464
(OCoLC)294886464
Summary
"Discusses how climate solutions must empower global development by improving livelihoods, health, and economic prospects and how poverty alleviation must become a central strategy for reducing global vulnerability to adverse climate impacts. Draws on expertise to ask how public, private sectors can help the poor manage the global climate crisis"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Double jeopardy : what the climate crisis means for the poor / Abigail Jones, Vinca LaFleur, and Nigel Purvis
Climate change impacts in the developing world : implications for sustainable development / Anthony Nyong
Toward a new international climate change agreement / Elliot Diringer
Greenhouse gas mitigation efforts in China : progress and opportunities / Ned Helme
Linking communities, forests, and carbon / Michael Jenkins
Integrating climate change into development : multiple benefits of mitigation and adaptation / Atiq Rahman
Development in the balance : agriculture and water / Robert Mendelsohn
Public health adaptation to climate change in low-income countries / Kristie L. Ebi
Linking adaptation and disaster risk reduction / Saleemul Huq and Jessica Ayers
The climate-security connection : what it means for the poor / Joshua W. Busby
Financing adaptation to a warmer world : opportunities for innovation and experimentation / Manish Bapna and Heather McGray
Exploring the potential for public-private insurance to help the world's poor to adapt and thrive as the climate changes / Ian Burton and Thea Dickinson
Corporate action on climate adaptation and development : mobilizing new partnerships to build climate change resilience in developing countries and communities / Jane Nelson
Mobilizing action for climate change adaptation in the North and South / Heather K. Coleman, Raymond C. Offenheiser, and David Waskow
Climate change impacts in the developing world : implications for sustainable development / Anthony Nyong
Toward a new international climate change agreement / Elliot Diringer
Greenhouse gas mitigation efforts in China : progress and opportunities / Ned Helme
Linking communities, forests, and carbon / Michael Jenkins
Integrating climate change into development : multiple benefits of mitigation and adaptation / Atiq Rahman
Development in the balance : agriculture and water / Robert Mendelsohn
Public health adaptation to climate change in low-income countries / Kristie L. Ebi
Linking adaptation and disaster risk reduction / Saleemul Huq and Jessica Ayers
The climate-security connection : what it means for the poor / Joshua W. Busby
Financing adaptation to a warmer world : opportunities for innovation and experimentation / Manish Bapna and Heather McGray
Exploring the potential for public-private insurance to help the world's poor to adapt and thrive as the climate changes / Ian Burton and Thea Dickinson
Corporate action on climate adaptation and development : mobilizing new partnerships to build climate change resilience in developing countries and communities / Jane Nelson
Mobilizing action for climate change adaptation in the North and South / Heather K. Coleman, Raymond C. Offenheiser, and David Waskow
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