Climate Action for Sustainable Development

This video was created by the UNSSC Knowledge Centre for Development team, through the UNSSC and simpleshow foundation Volunteer Initiative.

UNSSC presents climate action as a cross-cutting area that needs to be thought through from the perspective of the dimensions of sustainable development. These five critical dimensions—people, prosperity, planet, partnership, and peace, also known as the 5 P’s— should inform development policy decisions at all times.

This means that for a climate intervention to be sustainable, it must take into account not only the environmental but also the social and economic consequences it generates. Otherwise, the trade-offs between environmental gains and social and economic losses could be detrimental to achieving true sustainability. On the other hand, without climate action, we will not manage to advance the wider sustainable development objectives and might even face reversal through strains on the environment, which can jeopardize development gains.

Watch the video to learn more about why it is imperative to make conscious choices in advancing climate action for sustainable development.

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