Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean /

Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change and variability threaten to reverse recent progress in poverty reduction and economic growth. Both now and over the long run, climate change and variability threatens human and so...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Verner, Dorte
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2010.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Environment and sustainable development.
Temas:
Lateinamerika
Poverty > Latin America.
Poverty > Caribbean Area.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > Latin America.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > Caribbean Area.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > Latin America.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > Caribbean Area.
Human beings > Effect of climate on.
Economic assistance.
Pauvreté > Amérique latine.
Pauvreté > Caraïbes (Région)
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique > Amérique latine.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique > Caraïbes (Région)
Climat > Changements > Aspect social > Amérique latine.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social > Caraïbes (Région)
Êtres humains > Influence du climat.
Aide économique.
assistance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Economic assistance
Human beings > Effect of climate on
Poverty
Klimaänderung
Wirtschaftspolitik
Armut
Caribbean Area
Latin America
Caribbean Region
Climate change (Anthropogenic)
Social impact
Resource security
Case studies
Statistics
International comparisons
Overseas item
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Dorte Verner
  • Water scarcity, climate change, and the poor / Tine Rossing
  • Climate change, disaster hot spots, and asset erosion / Tine Rossing and Olivier Rubin
  • Agrarian livelihoods and climate change / Jørgen E. Olesen
  • Coastal livelihoods and climate change / Sara Trab Nielsen
  • Human health and climate change / Lykke Andersen [and others]
  • Migration and climate change / Lykke Andersen, Lotte Lund, and Dorte Verner
  • Conflict and climate change / Olivier Rubin
  • Simulating the effects of climate change on poverty and inequality / Lykke Andersen and Dorte Verner
  • Building short-term coping capacity and longer-term resilience through asset-based adaptation / Tine Rossing, Olivier Rubin, and Inger Brisson
  • Conclusion / Sanne Tikjøb and Dorte Verner.

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