Press release
11 October 2007
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Gunilla Carlsson to lead new Commission for Climate Change and Development
The Government today appointed Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson to lead the Commission for Climate Change and Development. The Commission is to put greater focus on the links existing between climate change and development in poor countries.
The Commission's tasks are to present proposals for how development assistance can be 'climate-proofed' by integrating risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in the development and poverty reduction plans of poor countries. It is also to present proposals on how to design development assistance that takes account of climate impact and the risk of disaster in the developing countries.
The Commission will include representatives from different parts of the world, areas of expertise and social sectors. The Commission's work is to supplement the processes that are already underway within the context, for example, of the UN, the OECD and the EU. The results will be presented in the spring of 2009.
A Secretariat to support the Commission will be established in Stockholm.
Contact
Niclas BengtssonPress Secretary
+46 70 353 78 22
email to Niclas Bengtsson, via the senior registry clerk Stina Götbrink
Department for Development Policy
+46 8 405 56 79
