•And what exactly do you mean by ‘participation’?
The end result has to be emissions not growing as rapidly as they are growing now. It has to be a mix of taxes plus targets, efficiency standards and building standards.
•What role can the UNDP play in climate-proofing all the developmental programmes?
We can make sure that impacts of all programmes are being measured in terms of carbon footprint. There has to be ‘carbon sensitivity’ built into the system. We do not finance projects like the World Bank but we look at the way a poverty alleviation scheme is approached.
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