Climate change and global poverty : a billion lives in the balance? / Lael Brainard, Abigail Jones, Nigel Purvis, editors.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
Description
viii, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

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Summary note
"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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • 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
  • Mobiliziing action for climate change adaptation in the North and South / Heather K. Coleman, Raymond C. Offenheiser, and David Waskow
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Project Muse UPCC books
ISBN
  • 9780815702818 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0815702817 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009014999
OCLC
294886464
RCP
H - S
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