1 - Climate change, development and development cooperation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2010
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Introduction
Climate change, development and development cooperation are three complex issues. The political arenas that deal with these issues partially overlap but are not integrated. In recent years, however, there has been a growing trend towards incorporating climate change concerns into the fields of development and development cooperation. Evidently, this is a challenging process. The nature of the challenge is three-fold. Theoretically, the links among the three issues are vast and cover practically all human activities and endeavours. Politically, the nature of North–South relations in all three fields is highly sensitive. Practically, there are limited resources available for global cooperation and it makes sense to use these resources wisely to improve the results for all three fields. But does this practical argument compensate adequately for the other challenges?
This book tackles these issues by combining theoretical, political and practical perspectives. While it focuses on the relationship between climate change and development cooperation, this is undertaken against the broader background of the fundamental links between climate change and development. This book is part of the research project ‘Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies (ADAM): supporting European climate policy’, the aims of which are to assess the extent to which EU mitigation and adaptation policies can achieve a transition to a world in which the global mean temperature does not rise beyond 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, and to develop strategic policy options to help the EU achieve these goals.
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- Mainstreaming Climate Change in Development CooperationTheory, Practice and Implications for the European Union, pp. 3 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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