The economics of climate change: Impact and implications of the global economic crisis on sustainable development

CONFERENCE THEME:

THE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE Global ECONOMIC CRISIS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

"While recently we have heard much about how problems on Wall Street are affecting Innocent people on Main Street, we need to think more about those people around the world with no streets. Wall Street, Main Street, no street - the solutions devised must be for all. Almost two years after the Lehman Brothers collapsed, we are still struggling to come out of this meltdown as unemployment continues to rise. Are we any safer than we were a couple of year ago? How well paved is the road to recovery? Have we learnt our lessons from the global meltdown?" Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, UN General Secretary.

The recent United Nations Climate Change Conference has been widely perceived as a failure, while the consequences of global warming continue to mount. Weather patterns are changing radically, natural disasters grow more frequent and more devastating, sea levels rise, cultural and biological diversity becomes more endangered, and economic prosperity decreases. Despite two years of advance work, the meeting failed to convert a rare gathering of world leaders into an ambitious, legally binding action plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

More than 7,000 people responded to our June 2010 economic survey, which measured the impact of these difficult economic times on the nonprofit sector. Among respondents, nearly half were CEOs, executive directors, or presidents-our leaders in the nonprofit industry. The results are compelling:

- Some 40 percent of participants reported that contributions to their organizations dropped between January 1 and May 31, 2010, compared to the same period a year earlier.

- Eight percent indicated that their organizations were in imminent danger of closing.

- Sixty-three percent reported a total increase in demand for their organization's services between January 1, 2010 and May 31, 2010, compared to the same period a year prior.

The Global Strategies for Sustainable Development-GSSDEV is holding the first largest and most diverse international gathering, dedicated to The Economic Crisis in its implications on sustainable development with a theme: The Economics Of Climate Change : Impact and implications of the global economic crisis on sustainable development

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The international community is now challenged by the severe impact on development of multiple, interrelated global crises and challenges, such as increased food insecurity, volatile energy and commodity prices, climate change, and a global economic crisis. The Global Strategies for Sustainable Development offers by far the best analysis of how the financial crisis will affect humanitarian and development funding and how to develop a counter-cyclical strategy building. The conference programme is dedicated to the current situation and offers an open international forum for the discussion of this topic. The aim is to establish new design perspectives and actions through dialogue with representatives from civil society, politics, economics, and science, individuals, etc.