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050		4	_aQC981.8.C5 _bH86 2007
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245	0	0	_aHuman development report 2007/2008 _h[electronic resource] _bfighting climate change : human solidarity in a divided world _cpublished for the United Nations Development Programme.
260			_aNew York _bUnited Nations Development Programme _bPalgrave Macmillan _c2007.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 384 p.) _bill.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aFighting climate change: human solidarity in a divided world -- The 21st Century climate challenge -- Climate shocks: risk and vulnerabililty in an unequal world -- Avoiding dangerous climate change: strategies for mitigation -- Adapting to the inevit able: national action and international cooperation.
520			_aHuman development is about putting people at the centre of development. It is about people realizing their potential, increasing choice and enjoying the freedom to lead the lives they value. Created in 1990, the Human Development Report has explored t hemes including gender equity, democracy, human rights, globalization, cultural liberty and water scarcity. Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity at the start of the 21st Century. Failure to meet that challenge raises the spectre of unprecedented reversals in human development. The world's poorest countries and poorest people will bear the brunt. The past years have witnessed the emergence of a growing consensus on climate change. Governments across the world have seen the warning signs. The science linking global warming to human activity is unequivocal. The economic case for action is compelling: the costs of inaction will heavily outweigh the costs of action. Yet the politics lags behind the science and the economics. Collectively, the world's governments are failing to act with the urgency demanded by the scale of the threat. The window of opportunity for avoiding dangerous climate change is closing fast. This year's Human Development Report explains why we have less than a decade to change course and start living within our global carbon budget. It explains how climate change will create long-run low human development traps, pushing vulnerable people into a downward spiral of deprivation. Because climate change is a global problem with global causes and effects, it demands a global response with countries acting on the basis of their historic responsibility and capabilities. The Human Development Report 2007 will be launched in November.
610	2	0	_aUnited Nations Development Programme.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aGlobal warming.
650		0	_aGlobal warming _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aGreenhouse gas mitigation.
650		4	_aUnited Nations Development Programme.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE _xHuman Geography. _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
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856	4	0	_3Palgrave Connect _uhttps://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230598508 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
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