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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brainard, Lael.

Jones, Abigail, 1983-

Purvis, Nigel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes.

Global environmental change.

Global temperature changes.

Poverty--Government policy.

Poverty.

Economic geography.

Economic development--International cooperation.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

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.

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

Mobilizing action for climate change adaptation in the North and South / Heather K. Coleman, Raymond C. Offenheiser, and David Waskow

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815703815

0815703813

OCLC:

818846681