Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.

Overview : changing the climate for development -- 1. Understanding the links between climate change and development -- Focus A : The science of climate change -- Part one -- 2. Reducing human vulnerability : helping people help themselves -- Focus B : Biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing climate -- 3. Managing land and water to feed nine billion people and protect natural systems -- 4. Energizing development without compromising -- Part two -- 5. Integrating development into the global climate regime -- Focus C : Trade and climate change -- 6. Generating the funding needed for mitigation -- 7. Accelerating innovation and technology diffusion -- 8. Overcoming behavioral and institutional inertia.