World development report 2010 : Development and climate change

Contents:
Foreword xiii;
Acknowledgments xv;
Abbreviations and Data Notes xvii;
Main Messages xx;
Overview: Changing the Climate for Development 1The case for action 4;
A climate- smart world is within reach if we act now, act together, and act differently 10;
Making it happen: New pressures, new instruments, and new resources 18;
1 Understanding the Links between Climate Change and Development 37;
Unmitigated climate change is incompatible with sustainable development 39;
Evaluating the tradeoffs 48;
The costs of delaying the global mitigation effort 55;
Seizing the moment: Immediate stimulus and long- term transformations 58;
Focus A: The Science of Climate Change 70;
Part One ;
2 Reducing Human Vulnerability: Helping People Help Themselves 87;
Adaptive management: Living with change 89;
Managing physical risks: Avoiding the avoidable 90;
Managing fi nancial risks: Flexible instruments for contingencies 101;;
Managing social risks: Empower communities to protect themselves 105
Looking ahead to 2050: Which world? 111;
Focus B: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate 124;
3 Managing Land and Water to Feed Nine Billion People and Protect Natural Systems 133;
Put in place the fundamentals for natural resource management 134;
Produce more from water and protect it better 137;
Producing more in agriculture while protecting the environment 145;
Produce more and protect better in fi sheries and aquaculture 156;
Building fl exible international agreements 158;
Reliable information is fundamental for good natural resource management 162;
Pricing carbon, food, and energy could be the springboard 166;
4 Energizing Development without Compromising the Climate 189;
Balancing competing objectives 191;
Where the world needs to go: Transformation to a sustainable energy future 195;
Realizing the savings from energy effi ciency 209;
Scaling up existing low- carbon technologies 217;
Accelerating innovation and advanced technologies 220;
Policies have to be integrated 222;
Part Two ;
5 Integrating Development into the Global Climate ;
Regime 233;
Building the climate regime: Transcending the tensions between climate and development 233;
Options for integrating developing-country actions into the global architecture 240;
Support for developing-country mitigation efforts 245;
Promoting international efforts to integrate adaptation into climate-smart development 246;
Focus C: Trade and Climate Change 251;
6 Generating the Funding Needed for Mitigation and Adaptation 257;
The fi nancing gap 259;
Ineffi ciencies in existing climate- fi nance instruments 263;
Increasing the scale of climate- change fi nance 267;
Ensuring the transparent, effi cient, and equitable use of funds 276;
Matching fi nancing needs and sources of funds 278;
7 Accelerating Innovation and Technology Diffusion 287The right tools, technologies, and institutions can put a climate- smart world well within our reach 289;
International collaboration and cost sharing can leverage domestic efforts to promote innovation 293;
Public programs, policies, and institutions power innovation and accelerate its diffusion 303;
8 Overcoming Behavioral and Institutional Inertia 321Harnessing individuals’ behavioral change 322;
Bringing the state back in 330;
Thinking politically about climate policy 335;
Climate- smart development starts at home 341;
Bibliographical Note 349;
Glossary 353;
Selected Indicators 361;
Table A1 Energy-related emissions and carbon intensity 362
Table A2 Land-based emissions 363
Table A3 Total primary energy supply 364
Table A4 Natural disasters 366
Table A5 Land, water, and agriculture 367
Table A6 Wealth of nations 368
Table A7 Innovation, research, and development 369
Defi nitions and notes 370
Symbols and aggregates 374
Selected World Development Indicators 375
Data sources and methodology 375
Classifi cation of economies and summary measures 375
Terminology and country coverage 376
Technical notes 376
Symbols 376
Classifi cation of economies by region and income, FY2010 377
Table 1 Key indicators of development 378
Table 2 Poverty 380
Table 3 Millennium Development Goals: eradicating poverty and improving lives 382;
Table 4 Economic activity 384;
Table 5 Trade, aid, and fi nance 386;
Table 6 Key indicators for other economies 388;
Technical notes 390;
Statistical methods 396;
World Bank Atlas method 396;
Index 399.