World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change

Today's enormous development challenges are complicated by the reality of climate change-the two are inextricably linked and together demand immediate attention. Climate change threatens all countries, but particularly developing ones. Understanding what climate change means for development policy is the central aim of the World Development Report 2010.

Estimates are that developing countries would bear some 75 to 80 percent of the costs of anticipated damages caused by the changing climate....