Climate change adaptation and mitigation needs to cut across all poverty reduction efforts, including any post-2015 architecture. However, low carbon development (LCD) debates to date have been mainly about high- and middle-income countries. There are good reasons why even the poorest countries with low emissions might be interested in pursuing LCD. This article argues that we need to link up pro-poor policy debates with the low carbon debates as part of a post-MDG agenda. The article explores several policy responses to LCD and analyses how pro-poor these policy responses are.
Urban, F
The MDGs and Beyond: Can Low Carbon Development be Pro-poor?
Ids Bulletin-Institute Of Development Studies