There is growing concern that climate change may stymie the modest progress made by
many least developed countries (LDCs) on poverty. Under the auspices of the United …

The stakes for alleviating poverty and avoiding unbridled climate change are inextricably
linked. Climate change impacts will slow down and may even reverse trends in poverty …

Our lives and livelihoods face profound threats from unmanaged or badly managed climate
change; for many they are existential. Our current paths of growth and development are …

One of the greatest inequalities in the world is reflected in the causes and consequences of
climate change. People living in poverty, in particular women and girls, who are the least …

Reducing poverty, improving health and livelihoods, and enhancing the resiliency of
vulnerable communities are moral imperatives of our times. Indeed, they are central goals of …

Combating climate change and the fight against poverty are among the biggest and most
urgent challenges facing the international community at the start of the twenty-first century  …

Climate change is clearly the biggest existential threat to life on planet Earth. Failure to act
swiftly and decisively will inevitably lead to irreversible impacts and insurmountable …

The existential environmental crisis prompted the United Nations to formulate the Millennium
Development Goals at the turn of the 21st century in order to embark on an era of …

Climate change has become the defining development issue of the 21st century. The World
Bank in its 2019 Action Plan, for example, claims that failure to recognise and act upon …

Many studies have assessed the vulnerability of countries, regions, and population groups
to the adverse impacts of climate change in order to identify priorities for action. These …