In "Common Wealth", Jeffrey D. Sachs-one of the world's most respected economists and the author of The New York Times bestseller "The End of Poverty" offers an urgent assessment of the environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extreme poverty that threaten global peace and...

Economist Nicholas Stern evaluates the economic future, and the essential steps we must take to protect growth and reduce poverty while managing climate change. The future Stern outlines is optimistic and pragmatic; he believes we have the capacity and creativity to change. But we need the will...

Climate change poses a serious challenge to social and economic development. Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions need to move hand in hand with policies and incentives to adapt to the impacts of climate change. How much adaptation might cost, and how large its benefits might be, are...

Ungleiche Welt. In seiner einmaligen Kombination aus engagierter Kartografie und Expertenbeiträgen ist der Atlas ein verlässliches Navigationssystem durch die Welt der Globalisierung. Einige Stichwörter: Klima, Klimakrise - Konflikte (Ukraine...) - Welthandel, Machtfaktor Internet -...

Climate change poses a serious challenge to social and economic development. This report provides a critical assessment of adaptation costs and benefits in key climate sensitive sectors, as well as at national and global levels. It also moves the discussion beyond cost estimation to the...

Contents: Introduction -- section I: The political economy of climate change and climate policy -- 1. Distributional issues in climate policy: Air quality co-benefits and carbon rent / James K. Boyce -- 2. Evaluating policies to implement the Paris Agreement: A toolkit with application to China...

"The year 2019 saw the emergence of an unlikely duo consisting of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde1 and broadcaster and environmentalist Sir David Attenborough. They discussed the relationship between nature and the economy in a panel session, a...