Climate change threatens to seriously undermine efforts to eliminate poverty and reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly in the least developed countries. At greatest risk are the rural poor, who depend on the natural environment for their livelihoods. Read More

With climate change, industrialized countries realize that some developing countries have a crucial role to play in reducing global emissions.   This necessitates a new kind of partnership very different from the “donor” approach with aid.  It is not a one-way street, with finance flowing from the donor to a recipient as large climate change emitters have significant bargaining power.  Read More

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate change, and the need for coordinated action are currently very high on the global agenda. Historically, climate change discussions and policies primarily focused on GHG emissions from industry, energy sector and chemicals but much less on the ‘green’ sources of GHG such as deforestation, agricultural practices, intensified animal husbandry, and peatswamp reclamation. Read More

Climate change has now been widely recognized as one of the most significant challenges to sustainable development. The fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights that the impacts of climate change associated with rising temperature are already visible. Addressing the challenge of climate change will require working across disciplinary and thematic boundaries. Read More

Bangladesh: Linking Climate Change to Disaster Management

China: China’s Current Situation on Climate Change Mitigation

Indonesia: Reducing the Impacts of Climate Change Through "Avoided Deforestation"

Samoa: A Participatory Approach to Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific

Environment and Energy Programme

Asia Pacific Regional Energy Programme for Poverty Reduction

Can UNDP Become Carbon Neutral?

Mangroves for the Future (MFF) and Climate Change

Useful Websites/Resources on Climate Change