Growing Green: The Economic Benefits of Climate Action

by Uwe Deichmann and Fan Zhang

Book Overview

Pollution from fossil fuels and degraded natural lands are raising the earth's temperature. The evidence of the causes of global warming is clear, as are its consequences. The economic impacts of climate change are already apparent and they threaten development gains. Extreme weather events have brought severe droughts to Central Asia, heat waves and forest fires to Russia, and floods to Southeastern Europe. Unchecked emissions will come at rising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821397915
• ISBN13: 9780821397916
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"