INSIDER: Leaving No One Behind in Advancing Climate Actions: Implications and Opportunities

This briefing by the World Resources Institute discusses the 'Leaving No One Behind' (LNB) pledge from the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and its application to climate action. It argues that because the poorest populations are most vulnerable to climate impacts and often excluded from the benefits of low-carbon transitions, climate policies must be intentionally designed to prioritize the most marginalized to avoid exacerbating inequality.

• Climate change disproportionately affects low-income households due to their limited adaptation capacity and high dependence on climate-sensitive activities like agriculture. The World Bank estimates that climate change could push an additional 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030.
• The 'Leaving No One Behind' (LNB) framework suggests four primary implications for designing climate actions: including the poor in decision-making, targeting them as implementers of adaptation and mitigation, maximizing benefits for the marginalized, and providing compensatory measures to offset negative impacts like regressive taxation.
• Practical examples of inclusive climate action include Ghana's use of women farmers' groups to enhance adaptation, Namibia's use of traditional agroecological knowledge, Indonesia's involvement of smallholder palm oil farmers in sustainability, Kenya's priority on clean cooking in rural areas, and France's 2017 Climate Change Solidarity Package providing financial incentives for low-income households.
• Current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) often lack concrete measures to reduce inequality or provide mitigation benefits for the poor. Data from the NDC-SDG linkages database indicates that LNB-relevant SDG targets have been addressed in a limited and uneven manner.
• The OECD found that using one-third of carbon tax revenues to fund cash transfers could make it easier for low-income households to pay energy bills, potentially reducing inequality.

APA

World Resources Institute (2018). INSIDER: Leaving No One Behind in Advancing Climate Actions: Implications and Opportunities. https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/insider-leaving-no-one-behind-advancing-climate-actions-implications-and-opportunities

Chicago

World Resources Institute. INSIDER: Leaving No One Behind in Advancing Climate Actions: Implications and Opportunities. 2018. https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/insider-leaving-no-one-behind-advancing-climate-actions-implications-and-opportunities.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2018insider, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{INSIDER: Leaving No One Behind in Advancing Climate Actions: Implications and Opportunities}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2018}, month = sep, url = {https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/insider-leaving-no-one-behind-advancing-climate-actions-implications-and-opportunities}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }