Tackling poverty in a changing climate
Latest Documents
- Can growth be achieved without prosperity?
- T. Jackson / Sustainable Development Commission, 2009
- This report attempts to shed light on whether nations can prosper without actually achieving sustainable growth. It also questions whether the benefits of continued economic growth still outweigh the costs, and scrutinises the assumption th...
- Can migration positively influence development?
- S. Nonnenmacher / International Organization for Migration, 2010
- This paper examines how migration and development are linked, the potential benefits of mainstreaming migration into development, and the current state of affairs with including migration issues into development planning around the world. I...
- Is economic growth the only route out of poverty?
- J. A. Donaldson (ed) / Elsevier, 2008
- This paper seeks to identify pathways to poverty reduction other than economic growth. It focuses on exceptional cases where specific political, social or economic factors explain a pattern of economic growth and poverty reduction. It analy...
- Can low carbon and resource efficiency lead to economic growth?
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2011
- The paper presents the importance and relevance of green economies. It describes a green economy as one which results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities...
- Lives and livelihoods in urban centers in the face of climate change
- S. Huq; H. Reid; D. Satterthwaite / Russell Sage Foundation, 2007
- The lives and livelihoods of millions of people will be affected by how climate change is handled in cities in the next few years. While some city governments and civil society groups are acting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are ...
- Exploring urbanisation, resource use and climate change adaptation
- D. Satterthwaite (ed) / Royal Society, 2011
- The increased pressures on the world’s natural resources and ecological systems in the past century, has been accompanied by rapid urban population growth. Urban centres themselves have ecological reputations since they drive unsustai...
- Livelihoods in the rural south divorced from farming and land
- J. Rigg (ed) / University of Durham, 2006
- Livelihoods in the rural South are becoming increasingly separated from farming and land. Non-farm opportunities have expanded and increased the levels of mobility leading to the delocalisation of livelihoods. This requires a reconsideratio...
- Taking stock of the implications for adaptation policy of livelihoods diversification in Namibia
- A. J. Newsham (ed); D. S. G. Thomas (ed) / Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2009
- The potential implications of climate change have started to receive more attention in Namibia. Water demand in the country is projected to exceed its extraction capacity by 2015, meaning that climate change will adversely affect the agricu...
- The importance of urban management in mitigating disasters in India
- A. Revi (ed) / Russell Sage Foundation, 2008
- India is one of the more vulnerable and risk-prone countries in the world, but its population have learned to cope with a wide range of natural and human-made hazards. Rapid population growth, high densities, poverty and high differentials ...
- The implications of climate change on the poor in Africa cities
- I. Douglas; K. Alam; M. Maghenda / Russell Sage Foundation, 2008
- Poor people living in hazardous and unhealthy environments in urban areas may find their difficulties compounded by the consequences of climate change. These include those who construct their shelters on steep, unstable hillsides, or along ...
