TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brainard,Lael
AU  - Jones,Abigail
AU  - Purvis,Nigel
TI  - Climate change and global poverty: a billion lives in the balance? 
SN  - 9780815702818 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - QC903 .C545 2009
U1  - 362.5/56 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution Press
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Global environmental change
KW  - Global temperature changes
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Economic geography
KW  - Economic development
KW  - International cooperation
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -