World Economic and Social Survey: 2016: Climate Change Resilience - An Opportunity for Reducing Inequalities - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9211091748 ISBN 13: 9789211091748

Publisher: United Nations, 2016

Synopsis

This edition of the World Economic and Social Survey contributes to the debate on the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addressing the specific challenge of building resilience to climate change, the Survey focuses attention on the population groups and communities that are disproportionately affected by climate hazards. It argues that, in the absence of transformative policies which coherently address the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development, building climate resilience will remain elusive and poverty and inequalities will worsen. To the extent that the differential impact of climate hazards on people and communities is determined largely by the prevalence of multiple inequalities in respect of the access to resources and opportunities, policies aimed at building climate resilience provide an opportunity to address the structural determinants of poverty and inequality in their multiple dimensions.

About this edition

• Publisher: United Nations
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 9211091748
• ISBN 13: 9789211091748
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: United Nations Publications