How can developing nations fight climate change?

The author contends that global climate stability requires a dual approach: developed nations must significantly lower their energy consumption and carbon footprints, while developing nations must decouple GDP growth from energy use more effectively than previous industrialised nations did. The text highlights the disparity in carbon footprints between these groups and calls for the rapid, egalitarian deployment of carbon-efficient technologies to ensure sustainable global economic growth.

• Extreme weather events over the last ten years have caused annual economic losses approaching $200 billion, a trend that is expected to worsen.
• To maintain a sustainable world economy, consumers in developed nations must decrease their carbon footprints to make room for the increasing energy needs of emerging nations as they develop.
• Developing nations have a responsibility to adopt a development model where GDP growth per unit of energy consumed is disproportionately higher than the models used by developed nations, particularly in the context of population growth.
• Projections for intended nationally determined contributions suggest that by 2030, the carbon footprint of people in developing nations will remain significantly lower than those in developed nations.

APA

Mahindra, A. G. (2015). How can developing nations fight climate change? World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/how-can-developing-nations-fight-climate-change/

Chicago

Mahindra, Anand G. How can developing nations fight climate change? World Economic Forum, 2015. https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/how-can-developing-nations-fight-climate-change/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Mahindra |first1=Anand G. |title=How can developing nations fight climate change? |publisher=World Economic Forum |date=11 December 2015 |url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/how-can-developing-nations-fight-climate-change/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{mahindra2015how, author = {Mahindra, Anand G.}, title = {{How can developing nations fight climate change?}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2015}, month = dec, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/energy-transition/how-can-developing-nations-fight-climate-change/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }