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Social Dimensions of Climate Change : Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World

Climate change is widely acknowledged as foremost among the formidable challenges facing the international community in the 21st century. It poses challenges to fundamental elements of our understanding of appropriate goals for social and economic...

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Main Authors: Mearns, Robin, Norton, Andrew
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE CLIMATE
AGRARIAN REFORM
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AIR
AIR QUALITY
ALTITUDE
APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE
ARMED CONFLICT
ARMED CONFLICTS
ATMOSPHERE
BASES
BOREAL FOREST
BULLETIN
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
CARBON ECONOMY
CARBON INTENSITY
CARBON MARKET
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
CARBON TECHNOLOGIES
CARBON TRADING
CATALYSTS
CHARACTERISTICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CHIEF SCIENTIST
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
CIVIL WAR
CLIMATE
CLIMATE ACTION
CLIMATE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE EFFECTS
CLIMATE HAZARDS
CLIMATE INVESTMENT
CLIMATE MITIGATION
CLIMATE POLICY
CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
CLIMATE RESPONSE
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATE TRENDS
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS
CLIMATE-SENSITIVE SECTORS
CLIMATIC CHANGES
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
CO
COLORS
CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CONVERGENCE
CORAL REEFS
COST-BENEFIT
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
CYCLONES
DEMOCRACY
DESERTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
DISSEMINATION
DROUGHT
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC COSTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECOSYSTEM
EFFECT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
EMISSIONS REDUCTION
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SECURITY
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
EXTREME EVENTS
EXTREME WEATHER
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FLOODS
FOREST
FOREST AREAS
FOREST CARBON
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST ECONOMICS
FOREST GOVERNANCE
FOREST PEOPLE
FOREST SECTOR
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FOSSIL FUEL
FOSSIL FUEL CARBON
FOSSIL FUELS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
GAS CONCENTRATIONS
GENDER EQUALITY
GHG
GHGS
GLACIERS
GLOBAL AGENDA
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL EMISSIONS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY
GLOBAL WARMING
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE-GAS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEAVY INDUSTRY
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
HUMAN ACTIVITY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPACT ANALYSIS
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPLEMENTING CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INCOME
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INEQUITIES
INSURANCE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
IPCC
LAND TENURE
LAND USE
LEGAL STATUS
LOW-CARBON
MANDATES
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
NATIONAL INCOME
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PEACE
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY ANALYST
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLITICAL CHANGE
PORTFOLIO
PRECIPITATION
PREFERENTIAL ACCESS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC POLICY
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
RAIN
RAINFALL
RAINFALL PATTERNS
RAINWATER
RAINWATER HARVESTING
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RISK AVERSION
RISK MANAGEMENT
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SCARCITIES
SCENARIOS
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
SEA ICE
SEA-LEVEL
SEA-LEVEL RISE
SEASON
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL DIMENSIONS
SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
SOCIAL ISSUES
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE
SOCIAL SERVICE
SOCIAL SYSTEMS
STATE UNIVERSITY
STORM SURGES
STORMS
STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE FOREST
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
TEMPERATURES
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TROPICAL CYCLONES
TROPICAL FORESTS
TROPICS
UNCERTAINTIES
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN POVERTY
URBANIZATION
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20091209223238
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2689

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