Keywords:
Poverty - Government policy.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Climate change threatens all people, but its adverse effects will be felt most acutely by the world's poor. Absent urgent action, new threats to food security, public health, and other societal needs may reverse hard-fought human development gains. Climate Change and Global Poverty makes concrete recommendations to integrate international development and climate protection strategies. It demonstrates that effective climate solutions must empower global development, while poverty alleviation itself must become a central strategy for both mitigating emissions and reducing global vulnerability to adverse climate impacts.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780815703815
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1069040
DDC:
362.5/56
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Double Jeopardy: What the Climate Crisis Means for the Poor -- Climate Change Impacts in the Developing World: Implications for Sustainable Development -- Toward a New International Climate Change Agreement -- Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Efforts in China: Progress and Opportunities -- Linking Communities, Forests, and Carbon -- Integrating Climate Change into Development: Multiple Benefits of Mitigation and Adaptation -- Development in the Balance: Agriculture and Water -- Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in Low-Income Countries -- Linking Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction -- The Climate-Security Connection: What it Means for the Poor -- Financing Adaptation to a Warmer World: Opportunities for Innovation and Experimentation -- Exploring the Potential for Public-Private Insurance to Help the World's Poor to Adapt and Thrive as the Climate Changes -- Corporate Action on Climate Adaptation and Development: Mobilizing New Partnerships to Build Climate Change Resilience in Developing Countries and Communities -- Contributors -- Index.
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