Tackling climate change in low- and middle-income countries

Robinson, Elizabeth ORCID: 0000-0002-4950-0183 and Okereke, Chukwumerije (2025) Tackling climate change in low- and middle-income countries. In: Besley, Tim, Bucelli, Irene and Velasco, Andrés, (eds.) The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century. LSE Press, London, UK, 507 - 532. ISBN 9781911712435

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Abstract

Designing and implementing action to address climate change is one of the most important public policy challenges of our time – and particularly acute for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) around the world. One aspect of that challenge is to tackle climate change without exacerbating poverty. Although there is widespread agreement that LMICs need economic growth to reduce poverty and build resilience to climate change, there are few – if any – precedents on how to achieve this kind of development at scale, and still less agreement on how to go about it. In this chapter we highlight the importance of providing access to low-carbon energy, ensuring food security, protecting nature and biodiversity, and improving adaptation and resilience. We also recognise that any action to tackle climate change needs to be considered within the principles of equity and climate justice. As such, we frame our exploration of ‘what works’ within a sensitivity to national political economy dynamics and the need for effective national institutions. LMIC policymakers must also contend and engage with international political and economic structures and institutions. All told, while there are several promising initiatives around the world, the reality is that we still lack shining examples of countries that have successfully achieved low-carbon and resilient development. Evidence of ‘what works’ in LMICs is sparse.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	© The Authors 2025
Divisions:	Geography and Environment Grantham Research Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > QC Physics
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2025 07:54
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2025 08:46
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129919

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