Cambio climático y reducción de la pobreza

This policy brief by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) examines the intersection of climate change and poverty reduction, arguing that climate instability hinders the achievement of development goals. It advocates for integrating adaptation strategies into national poverty reduction policies and calls for more robust evidence to understand how climate impacts interact with other drivers of poverty.

• Climate change creates significant obstacles to achieving and sustaining development goals, particularly because poverty reduction strategies often fail to adequately support climate resilience and the specific effects of climate on poverty are not fully understood.
• In Sub-Saharan Africa, climate-related events such as droughts have lasting negative effects on children, including increased rates of malnutrition and stunting, which threaten Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to hunger, child health, and education.
• Climate change impacts key elements of poverty reduction strategies, including food security (with a potential 30% increase in famine risk by 2080), water security, energy security, human security, and governance systems.
• Effective poverty reduction now requires the integration of adaptation and development policies to avoid 'adaptation gaps.' This integration should be country-led, inclusive of the most vulnerable, and based on evidence of what works in specific local contexts.
• Making the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa resilient to climate change is estimated to be 40% more expensive than in a scenario unaffected by climate change.
• The pursuit of a 'triple victory'—simultaneously achieving mitigation, adaptation, and poverty reduction—has remained elusive. Many Clean Development Mechanism projects and renewable energy initiatives have failed to reach the poorest populations or have imposed high development opportunity costs in least developed countries.

APA

Anderson, S. (2011). Cambio climático y reducción de la pobreza. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_PovertyReduction_Spanish.pdf

Chicago

Anderson, Simon. Cambio climático y reducción de la pobreza. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_PovertyReduction_Spanish.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{anderson2011cambio, author = {Anderson, Simon}, title = {{Cambio climático y reducción de la pobreza}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2011}, month = aug, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/CDKN_PovertyReduction_Spanish.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }