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SUMMARY:ADAPTATION IN POOR COUNTRIES - Dr Flavio Comim\, Senior Economist\
 , United Nations Development Programme\, Brazil and CSC/VHI\, St Edmund’
 s College\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20090127T170000Z
DTEND:20090127T180000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The talk focuses on the impact of climate change on the poores
 t of the poor. It explores the different mechanisms through which climate 
 change will impose large inequalities and injustices in the years to come.
  In particular\, it argues that climate injustice is manifested in terms o
 f cost-benefit asymmetries and in the erosion of individuals' capabilities
 . To understand the overall impact of climate change on poverty\, it is\nr
 elevant to explore the ways in which environmental degradation will affect
  the poor's adaptive capacity and substantive freedoms. The implications f
 or social policy are dramatic\, with civil societies at the forefront and 
 governments at the back.\n\n_Dr Flavio Comim_\n\nFlavio Comim is a develop
 ment economist. He is currently working for the United Nations Development
  Programme as Senior Economist in Brazil. He is an affiliated lecturer at 
 Land Economy\, University of Cambridge and a Research Associate of the Von
  Hugel Institute\, Cambridge. He is a former Fellow of St Edmund's College
  and Director of the Capability and\nSustainability Centre. Flavio was one
  of the Coordinating Leading Authors of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessmen
 t and a Leading Author of the United\nNations' Global Environmental Outloo
 k 4\, published last year. He has been a consultant for ILO\, UNEP and WHO
 . Among his most recent publications are the books 'Capabilities and Happi
 ness' (2008) co-edited with Luigino Bruni and Maurizio Pugno for Oxford Un
 iversity Press and 'The Capability Approach' (2008) co-edited with Mozaffa
 r Qizilbash and Sabina Alkire for\nCambridge University Press. He is also 
 the author of the recently published 'Poverty&Environment Indicators' prep
 ared for the United Nations Environment Programme and of the paper 'Climat
 e Injustice and Development:\na capability perspective'\, (2008) Developme
 nt\, 51.\n
LOCATION:St Edmund’s College\, Garden Room
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