This report explores how public policy can change to better help people cope with new or worsened risks, how land and water management must adapt to better protect a threatened natural environment while feeding an expanding and more prosperous population, and how energy systems will need to be trans...

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, DC 2010
Schriftenreihe:	World development report 32
Schlagworte:	Economic geography Economic Geography Klimaänderung Umwelt Wirtschaftsentwicklung Climatic changes > Economic aspects Climatic changes > Environmental aspects Economic development > Environmental aspects Entwicklungspolitik Internationale Kooperation Nachhaltigkeit Umweltpolitik Anthropogene Klimaänderung Entwicklungsländer
Zusammenfassung:	This report explores how public policy can change to better help people cope with new or worsened risks, how land and water management must adapt to better protect a threatened natural environment while feeding an expanding and more prosperous population, and how energy systems will need to be transformed. The authors examine how to integrate development realities into climate policy - in international agreements, in instruments to generate carbon finance, and in steps to promote innovation and the diffusion of new technologies. The report is an urgent call for action, both for developing countries that strive to ensure policies are adapted to the realities and dangers of a hotter planet, and for high-income countries that need to undertake ambitious mitigation while supporting developing countries' efforts.
Beschreibung:	XXI, 417 S.
ISBN:	9780821379875 9780821379882