Climate Change and Development

ISBN-13: 9780415664271 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 368 str.

Thomas Tanner

Opis

The evidence for human-induced climate change is now overwhelming, the brunt of its impacts is already being felt by poor people, and the case for urgent action is compelling. This book addresses the two greatest challenges of our time - averting catastrophic climate change and eradicating poverty - and the close interconnections between them. This is an invaluable and clearly written text that uses real world examples to bring to life perspectives from across different disciplines. It also contains chapter learning outcomes, and end of chapter summaries, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading and relevant websites. The text is suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as those working in international development contexts who wish to get to grips with this pressing global challenge.

Recenzje

"This book is therefore a very useful summary of current debates about climate change and development, based on an initial framing of the problem in terms of global greenhouse gas concentrations." – Progress in Development Studies, Tim Forsyth, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Spis treści

Introduction  Chapter 1. Science, Drivers and Impacts of Climate Change  Chapter 2. The Climate Development Nexus  Chapter 3. The International Climate Change Regime  Chapter 4. Mitigation Responses and Low-emissions Development  Chapter 5. Adaptation Responses and Building Climate Resilient Development  Chapter 6. Climate Finance: Moving from Development Cooperation to Climate Cooperation  Chapter 7. Development and Climate Action in a Changing World  Chapter 8. Alternative Development Futures: Pathways to Climate-smart Development  Chapter 9: Conclusion: This Make-or-break Decade

O autorze

Thomas Tanner is a Research Fellow in Climate Change and Development at the Institute of Development Studies, UK. He is a social scientist specializing in the policy and practice of adaptation to climate change, particularly in linking approaches to development, disasters and climate change.

Leo Horn-Phathanothai is Director for International Cooperation at the World Resources Institute. He is an environment and development professional with extensive experience providing strategic and technical advice to the British and Chinese governments, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).