Using innovative and effective approaches to deliver climate change support to developing countries

This publication shows examples of the Global Climate Change Alliance’s wide-ranging programmes towards low-emission and climate-resilient development and provides some early results and lessons learned.

The GCCA promotes innovative and effective approaches to address climate change and makes sure through mainstreaming that it is at the heart of the development planning of partner countries. With its support, partner countries are implementing climate change programmes on the ground, integrating climate change into national and sector strategies, reducing deforestation and disaster risks, and promoting adaptive agriculture and clean energy.

Unmitigated climate change beyond 2ºC is likely to trigger a number of tipping points and lead to further accelerated, irreversible and unpredictable climate changes. Meanwhile the most vulnerable and poorest people around the world are already experiencing the effects of climate change: temperatures are rising, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, and water and food are becoming scarcer. Climate change is, therefore, not only an environmental problem. It is also a development problem that is overburdening developing countries and threatening to hinder the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. It could wipe out years of development efforts.