The inevitability of changes occurring to the climate at both
global and local scales is now a well-established reality. Confidence is
currently higher than in previous assessments with regard to projected patterns
of warming and other features of a regional scale, including changes in wind
patterns, precipitation and some aspects of extremes and sea ice. For poor
countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America ,
climate change adds another layer of complexity to already existing development
challenges, such as high levels of poverty and inequality, rapid
population growth, underdeveloped financial markets and weak governance
systems.
Given its wide array of impacts on and interactions with wider development, climate change will inevitably have considerable implications for humanitarian and development interventions. Accordingly, there is a need to consider how humanitarian and development approaches can, in many instances, help enhance communities’ capacity to adapt to a changing climate or, at the very least, prevent actions that undermine adaptive capacity.
Given its wide array of impacts on and interactions with wider development, climate change will inevitably have considerable implications for humanitarian and development interventions. Accordingly, there is a need to consider how humanitarian and development approaches can, in many instances, help enhance communities’ capacity to adapt to a changing climate or, at the very least, prevent actions that undermine adaptive capacity.
