This book argues that employment that contributes to protecting the environment and reducing humanity's carbon footprint − green jobs − can be a key economic driver as the world steps into the still largely uncharted territory of building a sustainable and low-carbon global economy. With...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Data Notes -- Main Messages -- Overview: Changing the Climate for Development -- The case for action -- A climate-smart world is within reach if we act now, act together, and act differently -- Making it happen: New pressures,...

Front Cover -- Contents -- The Book at a Glance -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- A Vulnerable Region -- Climate Change and Living Standards -- Climate Modeling and Effects -- Hotspots -- Toward Greater Resilience -- References -- Chapter 1 A...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: Dust to Dust: An Age Beyond Extremes -- Two: The First Global Environmental Problem -- Three: Imperialism, White Settler Colonialism, and the Ecological Rift -- Four: The White Man's Burden, Soil...

The economic growth of China is clearly one of the defining trends of our time. The world's most populous nation is undergoing a vast transformation that will redefine the global economy. Chinese industrial production has increased tremendously in recent years, and its consumption of resources...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Biographies -- Introduction: COP21 and the "climatisation" of global debates -- 1 Governing through verbs: the practice of negotiating and the making of a new mode of governance -- 2 The necessary and...

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- About this Manual -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- Climate and Water Resources Management -- Forecasting Climate and Inflows -- Using Climate Information to Manage Climate Risks and Opportunities -- Institutional...