Climate-related disasters have inflicted increasingly high losses on developing countries, and with climate change, these losses are likely to worsen. Improving country resilience against climate risks is therefore vital for achieving poverty reduction and economic development goals.
This report discusses the current state of knowledge on how to build climate resilience in developing countries. It argues that climate-resilient development requires moving beyond the climate-proofing of existing development pathways, to consider economic development objectives and resilience priorities in parallel. Achieving this will require political vision and a clear understanding of the relation between climate and development, as well as an adapted institutional set-up, financing arrangements, and progress monitoring and evaluation. The report also discusses two priorities for climate-resilient development: disaster risk management and the involvement of the private sector.
Advancing Sustainable Energy was prepared for the occasion of the Asian and Pacific Energy Forum (APEF) as an up-to-date catalogue of UN-Energy Asia-Pacific - its members, case studies and an assessment of member organizations' perspectives on enhanced energy security. ESCAP is the secretariat for UN-Energy Asia-Pacific, a part of the global coordination group UN-Energy. 10 members participated in the questionnaire to gather information for this publication. Stakeholders, especially in member States, can read this booklet to get the most comprehensive one-stop understanding of the vision, strategy and activities of ADB, ESCAP, FAO, UNCCD, UNCDF, UNDP, UNEP, UN-Habitat, UNIDO and World Bank on energy in the Asia-Pacific Region. This product aims to raise awareness and coordination, as well as inspire ideas for improving and initiating partnerships between countries, the United Nations and all development partners.
In order to achieve long-term sustainable growth, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa need to adapt their economies and growth models taking 'Green Growth' or 'Green Economy' concepts into account. Only in a scenario, where economic growth and the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources are equally taken into consideration, poverty can be reduced in a sustainable way. On behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ supports partner countries in the transition towards a Green Economy, helping them to use upcoming opportunities, manage political risks throughout the transformation process, and tap into new markets and products based on a green economy.
Low Carbon Development: Key Issues is the first comprehensive textbook to address the interface between international development and climate change in a carbon constrained world. It discusses the key conceptual, empirical and policy-related issues of low carbon development and takes an international and interdisciplinary approach to the subject by drawing on insights from across the natural sciences and social sciences whilst embedding the discussion in a global context.
This publication serves as a background document highlighting initiatives which have been successfully implemented to facilitate a transformation to a green development on different levels: the level of single companies, the household level and the macro-economic level (countries).
By bringing together the large number of existing best practice examples, an argument is made that a concerted effort could realise the transition towards the urgently required systemic change. In addition concepts that go beyond “Green Growth”, resulting in a more “colourful” development are discussed.