Climate Change and Global Poverty : A Billion Lives in the Balance? /

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"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 sector...

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Other Authors: Purvis, Nigel, Jones, Abigail, 1983-, Brainard, Lael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ekonomisk utveckling > internationellt samarbete.
Fattigdom > statlig politik.
Temperaturförändringar.
Klimatförändringar > ekonomiska aspekter.
Armut.
Klimawandel > Gesellschaft.
Poverty > Government policy.
Global temperature changes.
Global environmental change.
Economic geography.
Economic development > International cooperation.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
Developpement economique > Cooperation internationale.
Geographie economique.
Pauvrete > Politique gouvernementale.
Temperature atmospherique > Modification à l'echelle planetaire.
Changement global (Environnement)
Climat > Changements > Aspect economique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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
Physical Description:1 online resource (307 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780815703815

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