9780821378878-0821378872-Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World (New Frontiers of Social Policy)

Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World (New Frontiers of Social Policy)

ISBN-13: 9780821378878
ISBN-10: 0821378872
Edition: Standard Edition
Author: Andrew Norton, Robin Mearns
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Format: Paperback 319 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780821378878
ISBN-10: 0821378872
Edition: Standard Edition
Author: Andrew Norton, Robin Mearns
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Format: Paperback 319 pages

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Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World (New Frontiers of Social Policy) (ISBN-13: 9780821378878 and ISBN-10: 0821378872), written by authors Andrew Norton, Robin Mearns, was published by World Bank Publications in 2009. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Environmental Economics (Economics, Human Geography, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World (New Frontiers of Social Policy) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Environmental Economics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Climate change is arguably the most profound challenge facing the international community in the 21st century. It is as much a challenge for poverty reduction, growth and development as it is a global environmental issue. It could undermine or reverse progress in reducing poverty and attaining the Millenium Development Goals, thereby unraveling many of the development gains of recent decades. It already threatens the livelihoods, health and well-being of millions of people worldwide, and of the poorest and most vulnerable groups in particular. And it has potentially far-reaching implications for international relations and for personal, national and regional security.

While significant uncertainties still remain, tremendous strides have been made over recent years in improving scientific understanding of the human processes driving global climate change and the likely impacts on world ecosystems. What is much less well understood is how these dynamics in the physical environment will interact with those of socio-economic systems, what the consequences will be for society, and how best to address them.

In order to focus attention on these previously neglected and poorly understood social dimensions of climate change, the World Bank convened an international workshop in March, 2008, with the participation of community activists, former heads of state, leaders of Indigenous Peoples, representatives of non-governmental organizations, international researchers, and staff of the World Bank and other international development agencies. This edited volume brings together revised versions of many of the papers presented during that workshop, as an initial step in taking stock of existing knowledge on the social dimensions of climate change. Several new papers were also commissioned for this volume.

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