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Pathways for urgent action towards climate resilient development

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There is a closing window of opportunity to ensure a sustainable future for all, with deep and rapid action needed this decade. Inclusive and just climate resilient development advances sustainable development and keeps open pathways to a liveable planet but requires urgent and fundamental shifts in prevailing development politics and practice.

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Fig. 1: The IPCC synthesis of CRD illustrated for policymakers.

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Acknowledgements

S.H.E. acknowledges support from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences Sustainability Arena TOWARDS Sustainable Cities and Communities (project no. 1211130202D). N.P.S. acknowledges funding support from the South African National Research Foundation (grant no. 150906).

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  1. Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ã…s, Norway

    Siri H. Eriksen & Frode Degvold

  2. Climate and Sustainability Programme, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK

    Nicholas P. Simpson

  3. African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Nicholas P. Simpson

  4. School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    Bruce Glavovic

  5. Energy and Natural Resources Unit, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico City, Mexico

    Debora Ley

  6. Stockholm Environment Institute US, Somerville, MA, USA

    Edward R. Carr

  7. Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

    Luis Fernández-Carril

  8. Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Bronwyn Hayward

  9. Natural England, York, UK

    Mike D. Morecroft

  10. Global Centre for Environment and Energy, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India

    Minal Pathak

  11. Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative, Universiti Kebangsaan, Bangi, Malaysia

    Joy Jacqueline Pereira

  12. Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany

    Hans-Otto Pörtner

  13. School of Life Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Debra C. Roberts

  14. Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands

    Debra C. Roberts

  15. NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA

    Alex C. Ruane

  16. Environmental Sciences Department, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA

    Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez

  17. Institute of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    E. Lisa F. Schipper

  18. Department of Geography, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA

    William Solecki

  19. Department of Environment and Geography and York Environmental Sustainability Institute, University of York, York, UK

    Lindsay C. Stringer

  20. Ecole de Sociologie Rurale et de Vulgarisation Agricole, Université Nationale du Bénin, Porto-Novo, Benin

    Edmond Totin

  21. West and Central Africa – Coastal and Humid Regions, World Vegetable Center, Cotonou, Benin

    Edmond Totin

  22. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Arlene Birt

  23. Background Stories, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Arlene Birt

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S.H.E. and N.P.S. led the drafting of the text. S.H.E., N.P.S., B.G., D.L., E.R.C., L.F.-C., B.H., M.D.M., M.P., J.J.P., H.-O.P., D.C.R., A.C.R., R.S.-R., E.L.F.S., W.S., L.C.S. and E.T. conceptualized the paper and provided editorial input. S.H.E., N.P.S., B.G., E.R.C., L.F.-C., B.H., M.P., A.C.R., W.S., L.C.S. and E.T. wrote sections of the paper and provided editorial input throughout. A.B., F.D., B.G., D.L. and S.H.E. developed graphics and contributed to conceptualization.

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Eriksen, S.H., Simpson, N.P., Glavovic, B. et al. Pathways for urgent action towards climate resilient development. Nat. Clim. Chang. 14, 1212–1215 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02190-0

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