The Poverty Podcast

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Episode 2: Poverty in a four-degree warmer world Jul 23, 2014

Show notes

In this episode of the Poverty Podcast, we speak to Dr. Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics, visiting scientist at the Potsdam Institute, and one of the lead authors of two recent World Bank reports on the impact of four degrees of climate change on the world’s poor.

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Further reading

“Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided“, the first of the World Bank’s reports co-authored by Dr. Hare

“Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience“, the second report

The IPCC’s Assessment Report 5, Working Group 2 report, on climate change impacts and adaptation

Episode 1: Inequality and REDD+ Jan 15, 2014

Show notes

In this first episode of the Poverty Podcast, we speak to Alex Cobham, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development, about the case for a post-2015 goal on income inequality; and to Katherine Reichel and Ian Madison, two graduate students who’ve produced a report for the NGO International Alert on the implications for poor people of the international scheme to reduce deforestation, REDD+.

Listen now:

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Further reading

You can follow Alex and Katherine on Twitter. (You can also follow Andy Sumner, whose work on the ‘New Bottom Billion’ is mentioned by Alex.)