World development report 2010 : development and climate change. Development and climate change The World Bank - Washington, DC : World Bank, c2010. - xxi, 417 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.

" ... a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank."--Verso of title page.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Overview: Changing the climate for development. 1. Understanding the links between climate change and development. -- 2. Reducing human vulnerability: Helping people help themselves. -- 3. Managing land and water to feed nine billion people and protect natural systems. --- 4. Energizing development without compromising the climate. -- 5. Integrating development into the global climate regime. -- 6. Generating the funding needed for mitigation and adaptation. -- 7. Accelerating innovation and technology diffusion. -- 8. Overcoming behavioral; and institutional inertia.

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Climatic changes.
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
Economic geography.

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