Climate change and global poverty
Subtitle: a billion lives in the balance?
By: Lael Brainard, Abigail Jones, Nigel Purvis, editors.
Contributors: Brainard, Lael.; Jones, Abigail.; Purvis, Nigel.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780815702818
Subjects: Climatic changes -- Economic aspects; Global environmental change; Global temperature changes; Poverty -- Government policy; Economic geography; Economic development -- International cooperation
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.