Ecosystems, climate change and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Ecosystem decline and climate change together are altering the rules of development, bringing a new urgency to the MDG agenda. Because ecosystem services typically account for a substantial portion of the incomes of the rural poor, current trends in ecosystem decline threaten the very basis of their household economies. Climate change will place additional stresses on ecosystems and further intensify the challenges facing the rural poor, undermining efforts to accelerate and sustain progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This working paper sets out a framework to scale up locally-driven solutions to ecosystem decline, climate change and poverty.
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