04092nam 2200709Ia 450 991078532760332120220823165217.00-8157-0381-3(CKB)2670000000059718(EBL)1069040(OCoLC)818846681(SSID)ssj0000517533(PQKBManifestationID)11370253(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517533(PQKBWorkID)10487518(PQKB)11565680(MiAaPQ)EBC1069040(OCoLC)809734672(MdBmJHUP)muse35287(Au-PeEL)EBL1069040(CaPaEBR)ebr10626280(EXLCZ)99267000000005971820090409d2009 uy 0engtxtccrClimate change and global poverty[electronic resource] a billion lives in the balance? /Lael Brainard, Abigail Jones, Nigel Purvis, editorsWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20091 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.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"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.Climatic changesEconomic aspectsGlobal environmental changeGlobal temperature changesPovertyEconomic geographyEconomic developmentInternational cooperationClimate ChangeClimatic changesClimatic changesEconomic aspects.Global environmental change.Global temperature changes.Poverty.Economic geography.Economic developmentInternational cooperation.Climate Change.Climatic changes.362.5/56Brainard Lael127576Brainard Lael127576Jones Abigail1983-1475562Purvis Nigel1475563MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785327603321Climate change and global poverty3689797UNINA