Climate Change and Global Warming : The Role of the International Community

This paper takes stock of current knowledge about the risks climate change poses to sustainable development and discusses issues associated with managing those risks. The author argues that a central driver of climate change risk is mainstream economic (development) models which aspire to carbon-int...

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Main Author:	Warner, Koko
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	climate change sustainable development industrialization models development priorities distributional impact climate justice GHG reduction mitigation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16366

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spelling	okr-10986-163662021-04-23T14:03:28Z Climate Change and Global Warming : The Role of the International Community Warner, Koko climate change sustainable development industrialization models development priorities distributional impact climate justice GHG reduction mitigation This paper takes stock of current knowledge about the risks climate change poses to sustainable development and discusses issues associated with managing those risks. The author argues that a central driver of climate change risk is mainstream economic (development) models which aspire to carbon-intensive industrialization. Transformation to low-carbon, climate resilient, sustainable development is an imperative to manage the risks associated with climate change. The paper examines efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally by providing an assessment of the challenges and possible roles for the international community to address climate change and manage the significant risks that will increasingly affect the ability to attain sustainable development for current and future generations. 2013-12-05T22:15:54Z 2013-12-05T22:15:54Z 2013-06 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16366 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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description	This paper takes stock of current knowledge about the risks climate change poses to sustainable development and discusses issues associated with managing those risks. The author argues that a central driver of climate change risk is mainstream economic (development) models which aspire to carbon-intensive industrialization. Transformation to low-carbon, climate resilient, sustainable development is an imperative to manage the risks associated with climate change. The paper examines efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally by providing an assessment of the challenges and possible roles for the international community to address climate change and manage the significant risks that will increasingly affect the ability to attain sustainable development for current and future generations.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Warner, Koko
author_facet	Warner, Koko
author_sort	Warner, Koko
title	Climate Change and Global Warming : The Role of the International Community
title_short	Climate Change and Global Warming : The Role of the International Community
title_full	Climate Change and Global Warming : The Role of the International Community
title_fullStr	Climate Change and Global Warming : The Role of the International Community
title_full_unstemmed	Climate Change and Global Warming : The Role of the International Community
title_sort	climate change and global warming : the role of the international community
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16366
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Climate Change and Global Warming : The Role of the International Community

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