Global concerns over climate change have passed the 'tipping point'. Denial has become a rapidly declining minority voice. The human and political consequences of climate change are a threat to world peace, and new approaches are urgently needed. This was recently signalled by the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to scientific and popular advocates of the climate change issue. The Millennium Development Goals (especially 1 and 7 on poverty reduction and sustainable development) urge attention to climate change adaptation by the most vulnerable groups, and ask that mitigation measures do not, without appropriate compensation, exclude rural poor from land use options that could get them out of poverty. Much-needed innovative solutions on the interface of adaptation, mitigation and poverty reduction are still being tested. New mechanisms to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) may serve the 'triple bottomline' of people, profit and planet. But is it so simple
Publication year
2007
Authors
Swallow B M; Purnomo H; Murdiyarso D M; van Noordwijk, M.; Dewi, S.
Language
English
Keywords
poverty
Geographic
Indonesia
