Climate Protection and Development

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• ISBN13: 9781780931692
• ISBN10: 1780931697
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-20
• Publisher: United Nations

Summary

This book spells out, in more detail than usual, what can and should be done to avert the real risks of disaster. It summons us to an endeavour worthy of the resources and ingenuity of the twenty-first century - towards bold initiatives with big costs, and much bigger benefits. It explores the interconnected issues of climate and development, laying the groundwork for such a new deal. It presents a challenging agenda, and highlights the needs and perspectives of developing countries which may be unfamiliar or uncomfortable to readers in high-income countries. The unfortunate truth is that any large country, or group of mid-sized countries, can veto any global climate solution by refusing to participate, so a solution will only work if it works for everyone.

Author Biography

Frank Ackerman is Director of the Climate Economics Group of the US Center of the Stockholm Environmental Institute, and Senior Research Fellow at the Global Development and Environment Institute based at Tufts University, USA. Richard Kozul-Wright is Chief of the Unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries of UNCTAD, Geneva, and former Chief of the Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Branch of the United Nations in New York, USA.Rob Vos is the Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division (DPAD) of the United Nations, New York, and Affiliated Professor of Finance and Development, Erasmus University, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

ContentsAcknowledgementsAbout the EditorsAbout Other Contributors Preface Climate Change and the Development ChallengeClimate Mitigation and the Energy Challenge The Adaptation Challenge A State of Change: Climate and Development PolicyTechnology Transfer for Climate Protection Financing the Development Response to Climate Change ReferencesIndex