Climate Change and Global Poverty

A Billion Lives in the Balance?

By: Lael Brainard (Editor), Abigail Jones (Editor), Nigel Purvis (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 strategy for both mitigating emissions and reducing global vulnerability to adverse climate impacts.

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" Climate Change and Global Poverty provides a much needed blueprint forovercoming the two great crises of our time. This book defines what needs tobe done and how to do it. It is a welcomed resource." ?Helene D. Gayle, President and CEO, CARE USA

" Climate Change and Global Poverty is an urgently needed source of excellentanalysis and compelling ideas. We no longer have the luxury of viewing climatechange and poverty as disconnected, and this book spurs us to tackle two ofthe greatest challenges of our time with informed and innovative solutions." ?Nancy Lindborg, President, Mercy Corps

"This book breaks new ground by showing how solutions to climate changeand global poverty are intertwined. The authors define what needs to be donewith refreshing clarity, and offer practical recommendations that are at onceidealistic and yet firmly grounded in political realities and national interests." ?Frank Loy, former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs

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Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Double Jeopardy: What the Climate Crisis Means for the Poor	p. 10
Climate Change Impacts in the Developing World: Implications for Sustainable Development	p. 43
Toward a New International Climate Change Agreement	p. 65
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Efforts in China: Progress and Opportunities	p. 79
Linking Communities, Forests, and Carbon	p. 87
Integrating Climate Change into Development: Multiple Benefits of Mitigation and Adaptation	p. 104
Development in the Balance: Agriculture and Water	p. 120
Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in Low-Income Countries	p. 130
Linking Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction	p. 142
The Climate-Security Connection: What It Means for the Poor	p. 155
Financing Adaptation to a Warmer World: Opportunities for Innovation and Experimentation	p. 181
Exploring the Potential for Public-Private Insurance to Help the World's Poor to Adapt and Thrive as the Climate Changes	p. 207
Corporate Action on Climate Adaptation and Development: Mobilizing New Partnerships to Build Climate Change Resilience in Developing Countries and Communities	p. 223
Mobilizing Action for Climate Change Adaptation in the North and South	p. 260
Contributors	p. 277
Index	p. 287
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