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Climate change and natural disasters : transforming economies and policies for a sustainable future / Vinod Thomas.

by Thomas, Vinod, 1949- author.

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New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, c2017.

Climate change mitigation -- Economic aspects.

Climatic changes -- Economic aspects.

Natural disasters -- Economic aspects.

Environmental economics.

Sustainable development.

9781412864404 (hardcover) :

1412864402 (hardcover)

xxv, 157 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Overview -- Enter climate change -- Mitigation and prevention -- The knowledge-action gap -- Pursuit of economic growth -- Climate crisis and response -- The anatomy of climate-related natural disasters -- Anthropogenic link to climate-related hazards -- Exposure -- Vulnerability -- The rising threat of climate-related natural disasters -- Global -- Asia and the Pacific -- Challenge for the Philippines -- Climate change mitigation -- Carbon pricing -- Removing fossil-fuel subsidies -- Renewable energy -- Nuclear energy -- Energy efficiency -- Forest management and protection -- Urban resilience and mitigation -- Mitigation: win-win and net-win -- Climate adaptation and disaster management -- Disaster management cycle -- Social safety nets -- Governance -- Information technology -- Transforming mindsets, motivations, and politics -- Bridging the knowledge gap -- Politics of climate change -- Carbon strategies and technological fixes -- Underinvestment in disaster risk reduction -- Role of multilateral development banks -- Being better prepared -- A new development paradigm.

"The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climate-related disasters--the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to name a few. In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by climate-related disasters, ten times more than the 1.7 million displaced by geophysical hazards. What is causing the increase in natural disasters and what effect does it have on the economy? Climate Change and Natural Disasters sends three messages: human-made factors exert a growing influence on climate-related disasters; because of the link to anthropogenic factors, there is a pressing need for climate mitigation; and prevention, including climate adaptation, ought not to be viewed as a cost to economic growth but as an investment. Ultimately, attention to climate-related disasters, arguably the most tangible manifestation of global warming, may help mobilize broader climate action. It can also be instrumental in transitioning to a path of low-carbon, green growth, improving disaster resilience, improving natural resource use, and caring for the urban environment. Vinod Thomas proposes that economic growth will become sustainable only if governments, political actors, and local communities combine natural disaster prevention into national growth strategies. When considering all types of capital, particularly human capital, climate action can drive economic growth, rather than hinder it"--

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