The impact of climate change on the achievement of the post-2015 sustainable development goals

This report aims to provide decision-makers and negotiators for COP21 with a better understanding, and quantitative evidence where possible, of the implications of the outcome of the climate agreement decisions on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The report emphasises to SDG negotiators that ambitious SDGs require an ambitious climate deal and that an ambitious climate deal requires ambitious SDGs. Special attention is in this report paid on the effect of climate change on disaster risk reduction.

It is intended that the messages from this report can be used by negotiators and the development community to advocate a stronger climate deal and to ensure that the SDGs deliver climate compatible development in the poorest and most climate vulnerable countries.