Global Sustainable Development Report 2015:

Climate Change and Sustainable Development Assessing Progress Of Regions and Countries

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9780199459179

Publication date:

05/02/2015

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376 pages

280.0x216.0mm

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ISBN:

9780199459179

Publication date:

05/02/2015

Paperback

376 pages

280.0x216.0mm

The Energy and Resources Institute

The inaugural publication of 2015 on the theme of 'Climate Change and Sustainable Development' is divided in three parts: (a) climate risks; (b) climate mitigation; and (c) climate adaptation, with chapters based on concrete scientific and empirical evidences around the world and further validated by the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its last assessment reports. 

Suitable for: Institutional libraries—departments of environmental studies and political science; research organizations and think tanks working in the areas of  environmental science, earth science, and sustainable development 

Rights:  World Rights

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Description

A complex issue of global concern, dealing with climate change has emerged as the most defining challenge of the present, for the sustainable development of the future. Increasing emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), rising temperature, and the resulting changes in rainfall pattern, melting glaciers, rising sea level, and extreme climatic events are having profound impacts on almost every aspect of life on earth—water, food, human settlements, health, and risks of disasters—requiring a multidimensional approach for mitigation and adaptation at all levels and in all sectors.    While scientific assessments of climate risks have made tremendous advances in the recent years, there is hardly any progress in mitigating the emissions of GHGs and adapting to the impacts of climate change, as agreed in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992.   As part of TERI’s newly launched annual research on global sustainable development, this study: makes an incisive analysis of the issues associated with climate change; identifies relevant indicators and sub-indicators on climate risks, mitigation, and adaptation; compiles available datasets on the indicators; and ranks the sovereign countries of the world on climate risks, historical and current responsibilities for climate change, and climate adaptive capacities.  

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Table of contents

List of Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Maps 
Foreword by R.K. Pachauri 
List of Abbreviations 
Part-I Introduction 
1. Sustainable Development 
2. Climate Change 
3. Climate Change and Sustainable Development 
4. Assessing Progress 
Part-II Climate Risks 
5. Warming Globe 
6. Uncertain Rains 
7. Melting Ice 
8. Rising Sea 
9. Extreme Climatic Events 
Part-III Climate Mitigation 
10. Green House Gas Emission 
11. Energy Supply and Consumption 
12. Forestry 
13. Renewable Energy 
Part-IV Climate Adaptation 
14. National Action Plan 
15. Water Security 
16. Food Security 
17. Health Risk Resilience 
18. Urban Risk Resilience 
19. Disaster Risk Resilience 
Part-V Conclusion 
20. Ranking Countries 
References 
Methodology Note 
Technical Notes on GSDR Indicators 
Appendix 

About the Editor and Contributors 

The Energy and Resources Institute

The Energy and Resources Institute

The Energy and Resources Institute

Description

A complex issue of global concern, dealing with climate change has emerged as the most defining challenge of the present, for the sustainable development of the future. Increasing emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), rising temperature, and the resulting changes in rainfall pattern, melting glaciers, rising sea level, and extreme climatic events are having profound impacts on almost every aspect of life on earth—water, food, human settlements, health, and risks of disasters—requiring a multidimensional approach for mitigation and adaptation at all levels and in all sectors.    While scientific assessments of climate risks have made tremendous advances in the recent years, there is hardly any progress in mitigating the emissions of GHGs and adapting to the impacts of climate change, as agreed in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992.   As part of TERI’s newly launched annual research on global sustainable development, this study: makes an incisive analysis of the issues associated with climate change; identifies relevant indicators and sub-indicators on climate risks, mitigation, and adaptation; compiles available datasets on the indicators; and ranks the sovereign countries of the world on climate risks, historical and current responsibilities for climate change, and climate adaptive capacities.  

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Table of contents

List of Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Maps 
Foreword by R.K. Pachauri 
List of Abbreviations 
Part-I Introduction 
1. Sustainable Development 
2. Climate Change 
3. Climate Change and Sustainable Development 
4. Assessing Progress 
Part-II Climate Risks 
5. Warming Globe 
6. Uncertain Rains 
7. Melting Ice 
8. Rising Sea 
9. Extreme Climatic Events 
Part-III Climate Mitigation 
10. Green House Gas Emission 
11. Energy Supply and Consumption 
12. Forestry 
13. Renewable Energy 
Part-IV Climate Adaptation 
14. National Action Plan 
15. Water Security 
16. Food Security 
17. Health Risk Resilience 
18. Urban Risk Resilience 
19. Disaster Risk Resilience 
Part-V Conclusion 
20. Ranking Countries 
References 
Methodology Note 
Technical Notes on GSDR Indicators 
Appendix 

About the Editor and Contributors 

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