Human Development Report 2007/2008

Human Development Report 2007/2008--Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world

Failure to respond to the challenges of climate change may stall and even reverse international efforts to reduce poverty. Looking to the future, no country—however wealthy or powerful—will be immune to the impact of global warming. The Human Development Report 2007/2008 examines the overwhelming scientific evidence that the world is moving toward irreversible ecological catastrophe. Climate change points in a clear direction: unprecedented reversal in human development.  However, there is opportunity for avoiding the most damaging climate change impacts; the world has less than a decade to change course.  The report highlights climate change and the challenges it poses, as well as calls to action the international community, arguing that it is not too late to forestall dangerous climate change. The report also contains a number of specific recommendations to effectively address climate change,in the hopes of averting the significant negative consequences for human development today and for future generations.