Definiendo el Desarrollo Compatible con el Clima

This policy brief defines 'Climate Compatible Development' as a strategic approach that integrates climate change mitigation, adaptation, and social development to minimize risks and maximize opportunities in a low-emission, resilient future.

• Climate Compatible Development is defined as development that minimizes climate change impacts while maximizing opportunities for a low-emission and resilient future. It seeks 'Triple Win' strategies that simultaneously reduce emissions, build resilience, and promote development, moving beyond the traditional separation of adaptation, mitigation, and development strategies.
• The document identifies several barriers to achieving climate compatible development, including the difficulty of predicting the scale and pace of change, the complexity of determining winners and losers across different social groups and regions, the lack of stable carbon pricing, and the need for long-term strategies that exceed typical political cycles.
• Climate change is altering the global development landscape by changing relative prices of inputs and products, affecting export-oriented growth strategies due to rising transport costs, and creating new economic opportunities through carbon markets and green technologies.
• Low-income countries, while contributing least to climate change, can utilize mechanisms like REDD+ to generate development and poverty reduction benefits. For example, Guyana's 2009 Low Carbon Development Strategy uses payments for rainforest preservation to invest in clean energy, flood adaptation, and health and education for indigenous and forest-dependent communities.
• Climate resilient development is defined as development capable of absorbing and recovering quickly from climate pressures. In Bolivia, the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) is being used to address gaps in scientific monitoring and risk management by strengthening information systems and creating a national council on climate change.
• The document recommends that policymakers establish national and subnational governance systems, integrate resilience and risk reduction into low-emission growth strategies, and ensure that transitions to resilient growth provide significant benefits for poor populations.

APA

Mitchell, T., & Maxwell, S. (2010). Definiendo el Desarrollo Compatible con el Clima. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_CCD_Spanish.pdf

Chicago

Mitchell, Tom, and Simon Maxwell. Definiendo el Desarrollo Compatible con el Clima. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2010. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_CCD_Spanish.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{mitchell2010definiendo, author = {Mitchell, Tom and Maxwell, Simon}, title = {{Definiendo el Desarrollo Compatible con el Clima}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2010}, month = nov, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_CCD_Spanish.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }