cordially invite you to a presentation on
Global Warming and Agriculture
Impact Estimates By Country
William Cline asserts that developing countries have more at risk than
industrial countries as global warming worsens. Using general circulation and
agricultural impact models, Cline boldly examines 2070?99 to forecast the
effects of global warming and its economic impact. This detailed study outlines
existing studies on the agricultural impact of climate change; estimates
projected changes in temperature, precipitation, and agricultural capacity; and
concludes with policy recommendations.
For more information about the book: http://www.worldbankinfoshop.org/
Thursday, December 13, 2007
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building Auditorium J1 - 050
701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
OPENING REMARKS BY
Apurva Sanghi
Senior Economist in the East Asia and Pacific Region, Sustainable Development
Department of the World Bank
Mr. Sanghi has worked on development topics ranging from infrastructure and
climate change to microfinance and agricultural economics, and has taught
economics at the University of Chicago and Thammasat University in Thailand. He
holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago, where his
dissertation was on the economic impact of climate change on agriculture in
Brazil and India - work on which William Cline draws upon for his own book.
PRESENTED BY
William Cline
Senior fellow jointly at the Center for Global Development and the Peterson
Institute for International Economics
During 1996-2001, Mr. Cline was deputy managing director and chief economist at
the Institute of International Finance. Mr. Cline was a senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution; deputy director of development and trade research, office
of the assistant secretary for international affairs, US Treasury Department;
Ford Foundation visiting professor in Brazil; and lecturer and assistant
professor of economics at Princeton University. He is the author of 22 books,
including The United States as a Debtor Nation (2005), Trade Policy and Global
Poverty (2004), Trade and Income Distribution (1997), International Debt
Reexamined (1995), and The Economics of Global Warming (1992), which was
selected by Choice for its 1993 "Outstanding Academic Books" list and the winner
of the Harold and Margaret Sprout Prize for best book on International
Environmental Affairs, awarded by the International Studies Association.
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