Presenter: Frances Bursch
International Studies
Poster Presentations
C2
Climate change and sustainable development are hot topics today as a consequence of increasing rates of climate change, the continued global disparity in wealth and resources, and the imminent exhaustion of non-renewable resources. However, climate change and sustainable development knowledge exist in unique fields and often don’t speak the same language. Integration of climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts with sustainable development policy and practice helps communities achieve development goals such as adequate availability of food, water, and energy, and the augmentation of a diverse economy. Objectives of the collaboration between climate change and sustainable development knowledge are to reduce the climate related vulnerability and improve the adaptive capac- ity of climate-affected communities. As humans continue to be impacted by climate change it is important to understand the relationship between people and environment and to restructure policy and practice as climate changes.