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Poverty and Climate ChangeReducing the Vulnerability of the Poor through Adaptationprepared by:African Development Bank Asian Development Bank Department for International Development, United Kingdom Directorate-General for Develop-ment, European Commission Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Ministry of Foreign Affairs -Development Cooperation, The Netherlands Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development United Nations Development ProgrammeUnited Nations Environment ProgrammeThe World BankIIIIIC ontentsList of Boxes, Figures, Tables, Acronyms and AbbreviationsIVForewordVAcknowledgements VIExecutive SummaryIXPoverty Reduction the Challenge of the 21st CenturyIXClimate Change is Happening and Will Increasingly Affect the PoorIXAdaptation is NecessaryXStrengthening Adaptation EffortsXINext StepsXIIPart 1: Climate Change and the Change is a Countries Will Be Particularly is a Vulnerability to Climate Stressed Coping Change Compounding Existing Risks and for Poverty Eradication11 Part 2: Adaptation Lessons from Past Vulnerability in the Context of Sustainable Growth and Adaptation to Climate Governance to Mainstream Climate Issues in Poverty Reduction24 Part 3: The Way Adaptation into Sustainable and Strengthen Assessment and Information with the UNFCCC Synergies with Other Multilateral Environmental Funding33 Notes35 Glossary37 References39 IVList

V Foreword Climate change is a serious risk to poverty reduction and threatens to undo decades of devel-opment efforts. As the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development states, “the

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