fighting climate change : human solidarity in a divided world United Nations Development Programme text bibliography nyu New York United Nations Development Programme Palgrave Macmillan 2007 monographic eng

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xvi, 384 pages : illutrations ; 28 cm. The report ...calls for a "twin track approach that combines stringent mitigation to limit 21st Century warming to less than 2°C (3.6° F) with strengthened international cooperation on adaptation. On mitigation, the authors call on developed countries to ... cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% of 1990 levels by 2050. It advocates a mix of carbon taxation, more stringent cap-and-trade programmes, energy regulation, and international cooperation on financing for low-carbon technology transfer. Turning to adaptation, the report warns that inequalities in ability to cope with climate change are emerging as an increasingly powerful driver of wider inequalities between and within counties. It calls on rich countries to put climate change adaptation at the centre of international partnerships on poverty reduction. Fighting climate change: human solidarity in a divided world -- The 21st Century climate challenge -- Climate shocks: risk and vulnerability in an unequal world -- Avoiding dangerous climate change: strategies for mitigation -- Adapting to the inevitable: national action and international cooperation -- published for the United Nations Development Programme. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. United Nations Development Programme. Climatic changes Environmental aspects Climatic changes Economic aspects Global warming Global warming Economic aspects Greenhouse gas mitigation 363.7009989 9780230547049 NNC 091122 20260824165218.0 6377164