Towards climate-compatible and resilient development

Among the environmental problems related to global socioeconomic development, climate change may well be the main challenge facing the world today. Unmitigated climate change may reverse established development gains and jeopardize development prospects for future generations, especially for those at the lower ends of the distributions of assets and income. These challenges are most effectively, equitably and efficiently addressed in a context of wider policy coherence including intra- and intergenerational fairness—in the perspective of sustainable development. In short, climate change is an issue for international cooperation, and for national and local development strategies.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development