Climate change and global poverty : a billion lives in the balance? / Lael Brainard, Abigail Jones, Nigel Purvis, editors.

"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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Brainard, Lael, Jones, Abigail, 1983-, Purvis, Nigel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution Press, ©2009.
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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 (viii, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780815703815
0815703813
Language:English.