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

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Climate Change and Global Poverty: A Billion Lives in the Balance? - Brainard, Lael (Editor), and Jones, Abigail (Editor), and Purvis, Nigel (Editor)
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" Climate change threatens all people, but its adverse effects will be felt most acutely by the world's poor. Absent urgent action, new threats to food security, public health, and other societal needs may reverse hard-fought human development gains. Climate Change and Global Poverty makes concrete recommendations to integrate international development and climate protection strategies. It demonstrates that effective climate solutions must empower global development, while poverty alleviation itself must become a central ...

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Climate Change and Global Poverty: A Billion Lives in the Balance? 2009, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC

ISBN-13: 9780815702818

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