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001 2009014999
003 DLC
005 20090915151359.0
008 090409s2009 dcuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009014999
020 $a9780815702818 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0815702817 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn294886464
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dDBI$dIOG$dCDX$dBWX$dMUM$dDLC
050 00 $aQC903$b.C545 2009
082 00 $a362.5/56$222
245 00 $aClimate change and global poverty :$ba billion lives in the balance? /$cLael Brainard, Abigail Jones, Nigel Purvis, editors.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bBrookings Institution Press,$cc2009.
300 $aviii, 299 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aDouble 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
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aClimatic changes$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aGlobal environmental change.
650 0 $aGlobal temperature changes.
650 0 $aPoverty$xGovernment policy.
650 0 $aEconomic geography.
650 0 $aEconomic development$xInternational cooperation.
700 1 $aBrainard, Lael.
700 1 $aJones, Abigail.
700 1 $aPurvis, Nigel.