Global Poverty Info Bank

Climate Change

Of the myriad environmental issues facing our planet, climate change is the most urgent. It has described as the defining human development issue of our generation. Climate change-related hazards are ongoing and increasing. They pose a serious threat to the achievement of the MDGs as they have the potential to reverse years of development gains. It is social justice issue: developing countries have 98% of the seriously affected and 99% of all deaths from weather-related disasters, along with over 90% of the total economic losses, while the 50 Least Developed Countries contribute less than 1% of global carbon emissions