Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication Data

• Title Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Contributors Dorte Verner, World Bank
• Publisher World Bank
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Washington, D.C.
• Language English

Contents

Introduction
Water scarcity, climate change, and the poor
Climate change, disaster hotspots, and asset erosion
Agrarian livelihoods and climate change
Coastal livelihoods and climate change
Human health and climate change
Migration and climate change
Conflict and climate change
Simulating the effects of climate change on poverty and inequality
Building short-term coping capacity and longer-term resilience through asset-based adaptation
Conclusion.

Topics

• Poverty :: Latin America
• Poverty :: Caribbean Area
• Climatic changes :: Economic aspects :: Latin America
• Climatic changes :: Economic aspects :: Caribbean Area
• Climatic changes :: Social aspects :: Latin America
• Climatic changes :: Social aspects :: Caribbean Area
• Human beings :: Effect of climate on
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Reducing poverty, protecting livelihoods, and building assets in a changing climate : social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. ISBN 9780821383780. Published by World Bank in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.