Evidence for the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

● The fact that (a) the determinants of the capacity to mitigate or adapt to climate change (e.g., access to economic resources, social and human capital, and technological prowess) largely overlap, (b) many factors underlying or related to these determinants are themselves indicators of sustainable development (e.g., per capita income; and various public health and well-being indices such as prevalence of hunger or malaria), and (c) climate change could exacerbate existing climate-sensitive hurdles to sustainable development (e.g., hunger, malaria, water shortage, coastal flooding and threats to biodiversity) specifically faced by many developing countries, allows us to identify and develop integrated strategies and measures to concurrently advance adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development.