Human Development Report - Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world
United Nations Development Programme, UNDP 2007
Available online as PDF file [399p.] at: http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_20072008_en_complete.pdf
“……Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world, provides a stark account of the threat posed by global warming. It argues that the world is drifting towards a “tipping point” that could lock the world’s poorest countries and their poorest citizens in a downward spiral, leaving hundreds of millions facing malnutrition, water scarcity, ecological threats, and a loss of livelihoods……”
“……Climate change is the defi ning human development issue of our generation. All development is ultimately about expanding human potential and enlarging human freedom. It is about people developing the capabilities that empower them to make choices and to lead lives that they value. Climate change threatens to erode human freedoms and limit choice. It calls into question the Enlightenment principle that human progress will make the future look better than the past.
The early warning signs are already visible. Today, we are witnessing at fi rst hand what could be the onset of major human development reversal in our lifetime. Across developing countries, millions of the world’s poorest people are already being forced to cope with the impacts of climate change. These impacts do not register as apocalyptic events in the full glare of world media attention. They go unnoticed in fi nancial markets and in the measurement of world gross domestic product (GDP). But increased exposure to drought, to more intense storms, to fl oods and environmental stress is holding back the efforts of the world’s poor to build a better life for themselves and their children. Climate change will undermine international efforts to combat poverty……”
Summaries
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· Summary (Chinese) [1,963 KB]
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· Summary (Basque) [1,104 KB]
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· Summary (German) [1,274 KB]
· Summary (Icelandic) [1,418 KB]
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· Summary (Portuguese) [888 KB]
· Summary (Swedish) [1,441 KB]
Content:
Overview Fighting climate change: human solidarity in a divided world 1
Chapter 1 The 21st Century climate challenge
1.1 Climate change and human development 24
1.2 Climate science and future scenarios 31
1.3 From global to local—measuring carbon footprints in an unequal world 39
1.4 Avoiding dangerous climate change—a sustainable emissions pathway 44
1.5 Business-as-usual—pathways to an unsustainable climate future 52
1.6 Why we should act to avoid dangerous climate change 58
Chapter 2 Climate shocks: risk and vulnerability in an unequal world 71
2.1 Climate shocks and low human development traps 75
2.2 Looking ahead—old problems and new climate change risks 90
Chapter 3 Avoiding dangerous climate change: strategies for mitigation 109
3.1 Setting mitigation targets 112
3.2 Putting a price on carbon—the role of markets and governments 125
3.3 The critical role of regulation and government action 132
3.4 The key role of international cooperation 147
Chapter 4 Adapting to the inevitable: national action and international cooperation 163
4.1 The national challenge 168
4.2 International cooperation on climate change adaptation 184
Notes 199
Bibliography 204
Press Releases
· Overview - Climate change threatens unprecedented human development reversals
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· Africa and
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· Asia and the Pacific - Developed countries should provide incentives for
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· Latin America and Caribbean - Climate change widens the inequality gap in Latin America and the
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· World - OECD countries falling short of their commitments to fight climate change
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· HDI - Photo finish between
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· UNDP - TV stories planned for production for the HDR Launch
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· HDI - Human Development Index
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PowerPoint Presentations
· HDR 2007/2008 Slides (English) [3,444 KB]
· HDR 2007/2008 Slides (French) [4,402 KB]
· HDR 2007/2008 Slides (Spanish) [2,904 KB]
Figures and Graphs
· HDR 2007/2008 Figures (English) [4,349 KB]
· HDR 2007/2008 Figures (French) [5,265 KB]
· HDR 2007/2008 Figures (Spanish) [5,030 KB]
Climate change posters
· Climate change posters [911 KB]
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