Report: Climate Change Adaptation and Poverty Reduction
GEHCS associate Siri Eriksen is the lead author of GECHS Report 2007:1 on climate change adaptation and poverty reduction, prepared for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). The report analyses interactions between poverty and climate change, and recommends measures for incorporating adaptation to climate change in poverty reduction efforts. The main message from the report is the urgency of integrating climate change considerations in all parts of development cooperation, not only in the environmental related activities. Development measures in all sectors influence the vulnerability to climate change of poor people, as well as their capacity to adapt to climatic changes. A summary in Norwegian can be downloaded here, and paper copies of the report and the Norwegian summary can be provided from the GECHS IPO.