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Autore: | Deichmann Uwe |
Titolo: | Growing green : the economic benefits of climate action / / Uwe Deichmann and Fan Zhang |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
Disciplina: | 363.738/745 |
Soggetto topico: | Environmental policy - Economic aspects - Europe |
Environmental policy - Economic aspects - Asia, Central | |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects | |
Climatic changes - Government policy | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Priorities for a low-carbon transformation -- pt. 2. Promoting growth and ensuring social inclusion -- pt. 3. Sectoral priorities. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Pollution from fossil fuels and degraded natural lands are raising the earth's temperature. The evidence of the causes of global warming is clear, as are its consequences. The economic impacts of climate change are already apparent and they threaten development gains. Extreme weather events have brought severe droughts to Central Asia, heat waves and forest fires to Russia, and floods to Southeastern Europe. Unchecked emissions will come at rising economic cost and increasing risk to individuals. There is a clear case for all of the world's economies to move to a low-carbon growth path.Yet, cl |
Titolo autorizzato: | Growing green |
ISBN: | 0-8213-9792-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786881503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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