International Development Committee - Fifth Report
Sustainable Development in a Changing Climate

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 20 May 2009.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 The Inquiry

DFID's 2009 White Paper

Structure of the Report

2 Introduction

DFID's approach to sustainable development and climate change

Progress since 2002

Sustainable development

Recent initiatives

The UNFCCC in Copenhagen

3 Poverty, natural resources and adaptation

Linking climate change and development

Policy coherence

Development in a hostile climate

Economic growth and natural resource management

Funding adaptation

Additionality

Administration and use of adaptation funding

4 Aviation emissions

Response measures

The potential of aviation to contribute to adaptation funds

Tourism

Tourism and climate change

Tourism and development

Food and horticulture exports from developing countries

Reducing the impact of response measures on export horticulture

5 Towards low carbon development

The impact of the economic downturn

What is low carbon development?

Carbon trading

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Technology transfer

Meeting the energy needs of the poorest

Biofuels

6 The Copenhagen conference

The UK Government's objectives

Setting emissions reduction targets

Appropriate actions from developing countries

Financial assistance for developing countries

7 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex: Committee's Visit Programme in Kenya and Tanzania

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence - HC 177-II

27 January 2009
10 February 2009
3 March 2009
11 March 2009
29 April 2009
Written Evidence

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Prepared 3 June 2009