1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459492103321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-8157-0381-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrainardLael

JonesAbigail <1983->

PurvisNigel

Disciplina

362.5/56

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Economic aspects

Global environmental change

Global temperature changes

Poverty - Government policy

Economic geography

Economic development - International cooperation

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.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

"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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996279527303316

Titolo

2017 3rd International Conference on Applied and Theoretical Computing and Communication Technology : 21-23 December 2017, Tumkur, India / / technically co-sponsored, IEEE Bangalore Section

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Piscataway, New Jersey : , : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, , 2017

ISBN

1-5386-1144-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 pages)

Disciplina

004

Soggetti

Computer science

Telecommunication systems

Communication and technology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00041030

Titolo

China's uninterrupted revolution from 1840 to the present / edited by Victor Nee and James Peck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Pantheon, 1975

Descrizione fisica

480 p. ; 22 cm

Classificazione

CIN V

Soggetti

POLITOLOGIA - Cina

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia