UID:
almahu_9949378106502882
Umfang:
1 online resource (159 p.)
ISBN:
1-78093-171-9
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9786613523075
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1-280-11878-4
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1-78093-170-0
Serie:
The United Nations Series on Development
Inhalt:
Writing about climate change often falls into one of two opposite traps - predicting either calamity or apathy - both of which this book avoids. This is not a story of gloom and doom, of inevitable climate catastrophe. On the contrary, this book spells out, in more detail than usual, what can and should be done to avert the real risks of disaster. Nor is it one of complacent congratulation for ""win-win"" initiatives, cautiously incremental steps, and ""green"" consumer choices.〈I〉 Climate Protection and Development〈/I〉 summons us to an endeavour worthy of the resources and ingenuity of the t
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Climate Protection and Development; Copyright; Note; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Editors; About other Contributors; Preface; Chapter I: Climate change and the development challenge; Chapter II: Climate mitigation and the energy challenge; Chapter III: The adaptation challenge; Chapter IV: A state of change: climate and development policy; Chapter V: Technology transfer for climate protection; Chapter VI: Financing the development response to climate change; References; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-78093-173-5
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-78093-169-7
Sprache:
Englisch
