Climate Change and Vulnerability, Neil Leary, Cecilia Conde, Jyoti Kulkarni, Anthony Nyong and Juan Pulhin, 9781844076888

Climate Change and Vulnerability

Edited by:
Neil Leary		Dickinson College, Pennsylvania
Cecilia Conde		Center of Atmospheric Sciences, UNAM, Mexico
Jyoti Kulkarni		International START Secretariat, Washington
Anthony Nyong		International Development Research Center, Nairobi
Juan Pulhin		College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR), University of the Philippines

448 pages, 234 x 156 mm
Publisher: Earthscan from Routledge

Paperback - 2008
ISBN: 9781844076888 - AU $ 96.00

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC brings needed attention to the threats from climate change for highly vulnerable regions of the developing world. This authoritative volume (along with its companion covering adaptation) resulting from the work of the Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) project launched with the IPCC in 2002, is the first to provide an in-depth investigation of the stakes in developing countries. It discusses who is vulnerable and the nature and causes of their vulnerability for parts of the world that have been poorly researched till now. It also provides researchers with new examples of applications of vulnerability assessment methods, an approach that is of growing interest in the climate change area but for which there are relatively few applications in the literature.

Companion volume to Climate Change and Adaptation.

Part I: Introduction and Synthesis
Part II: Natural Resources
Part III: Coastal Areas and Small Islands
Part IV: Rural Economy and Food Security
Part V: Human Health
Bibliography, Index

"Sound and solid case studies on vulnerability and adaptation have been woefully lacking in the international discourse on climate change. This set of books begins to bridge the gap."
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme

Neil Leary is the Director, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was the Science Director of the AIACC project.

Cecilia Conde is a researcher at the Center of Atmospheric Sciences, UNAM, Mexico.

Jyoti Kulkarni is a program associate at the International START Secretariat, Washington, DC, USA.

Anthony Nyong is Programme Manager, International Development Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.

Juan Pulhin is Associate Professor at the College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR), University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines.

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