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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458746703321

Autore

Reid Hannah

Titolo

Climate change and human development / / Hannah Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Zed Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78032-444-8

1-78032-440-5

1-78032-442-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Disciplina

551.6

Soggetti

Climatic changes

Climatic changes - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Whilst the world's poor are clearly hit hardest by climate change impacts, so too do they hold many of the solutions for how best to cope with its impacts, and at times reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero. Climate Change and Human Development offers a rich compendium of real-life scenarios and brings home the realities of how poor people are suffering from and coping with climate change impacts today. Drawing on case studies gathered by Up in Smoke - a powerful coalition of global environment and development organizations, including Greenpeace, Oxfam, Practical Action and WWF - this book p