Natural Resources, Climate and Poverty

Aside from natural resources’ ecosystem services, supply of inputs to the production economy, communities are dependent on them for both sustenance and livelihoods. When such resources are depleted, it exacerbates existing systemic insecurities and injustices that make the poor even more vulnerable to both natural and societal risks. Climate change increasingly add more pressure on vulnerable communities. In exploring such phenomena, this thematic focuses on the scientific, socio-economic, and institutional processes and interlinkages between natural resources, climate change, and poverty. The thematic aims to create a body of knowledge on such interconnections to advocate for system-wide changes for a more holistic, sustainable development which will push for a radical transformation in our value systems, in how we function and lead our lives within the boundaries of natural limits.