Low carbon development can help reduce poverty

As the COP15 negotiations in Copenhagen get underway, much of the debate about climate change mitigation in developing countries is focused on the larger developing economies such as India and Brazil.

But a new DIIS policy brief stresses that there is also scope for the world's economically poorest countries to engage in climate change mitigation, and that development cooperation should address this issue regardless of the outcome of COP15. Not for the benefit of the rich North, but in the interests of poverty alleviation and long-term economic growth.

Focussing on the so-called Least Developed Countries, the Policy Brief outlines the benefits from low carbon development for national governments and the poor, and provides recommendations for development cooperation in agriculture, forestry and energy in Least Developed Countries.

Download the report on your right, or go to the DIIS Climate Change page.