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245 0 0 _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.
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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.
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