Description
This publication highlights key issues of relevance for climate change and poverty reduction and provides recommendations for Commonwealth Finance Ministers and Commonwealth Heads of Government.
The ideas presented here come from civil society organisations, and form a background paper to a pan-Commonwealth civil society consultation process in Georgetown, Guyana, held before the 2007 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting. The concluding statement of the civil society consultation is also presented.
Contents
Introduction
PART 1: Civil society statement on the special theme of the 2007 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting – Climate Change: Implications for Finance Ministers
Preamble
Key issues and recommendations
1. Building on existing United Nations Climate Change Commitments
1.1. Mitigation
1.2 Adaptation
1.3 Technology Transfer, Capacity Building and Education and Training
2. Leveraging on Existing National and Global Instruments
2.1 Fiscal Incentives and Policy Directions
2.2 Global Mechanisms
3. Millennium Development Goal on Climate Change
4. Conclusion
PART 2: Climate Change and its Implications: Which Way Now?
Introduction
Impacts
Fresh Water Resources and their Management
Ecosystems
Food Production
Coastal Systems and Low-lying Areas
Industry, Settlement and Society
Health
Africa
Asia
Adaptation and Mitigation
Emissions Stabilisation
Mitigation Policies
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation
Costs, Responsibilities and the International Debate
Costs
Responsibilities
The International Debate
A Policy Perspective
Annexes