Climate and development: a double dividend
In 2008 the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) launched four Global Programmes on climate change, food security, migration, and water. The Global Programmes devise innovative yet practical solutions in addressing these challenges. They contribute nationally and internationally to an informed political dialogue. A new SDC report on the Global Programme on Climate Change shows that action on the ground yields a double dividend: alleviating poverty on the one hand, and addressing the causes and effects of climate change on the other. The Global Programs efforts focus on four countries: China, India, Peru and South Africa. The report has sections on political dialogue, operational experience and knowledge-sharing. Key information on each topic is presented over two pages, together with an information graphic. It offers an insight how international cooperation can contribute to make globalisation more development oriented.