An important question for policy makers, in the G20 and beyond, is how to bring climate action into the broader sustainable
development agenda. Objectives like energy poverty eradication, increased well-being and welfare, air quality improvement,
energy security enhancement, and food and water availability will continue to remain important over the next several
decades. There have been relatively few scientific analyses, however, that have explored the complex interplay between
climate action and development while simultaneously taking both global and national perspectives. The CD-LINKS project
will change this, filling this critical knowledge gap and providing much-needed information for designing complementary
climate-development policies. CD-LINKS has four overarching goals: (i) to gain an improved understanding of the linkages
between climate change policies (mitigation/adaptation) and multiple sustainable development objectives, (ii) to broaden the
evidence base in the area of policy effectiveness by exploring past and current policy experiences, (iii) to develop the next
generation of globally consistent, national low-carbon development pathways, and (iv) to establish a research network and
capacity building platform in order to leverage knowledge-exchange among institutions from Europe and other key players
within the G20. Through six highly integrated work packages – from empirical research to model and scenario development
– CD-LINKS will advance the state-of-the-art of climate-development policy analysis and modelling in a number of areas.
The project aims to have a pronounced impact on the policy dialogue, both nationally and internationally: an important
outcome of the project will be a list of country-specific policy recommendations for effectively managing the long-term
transformation process. These recommendations will point out opportunities for policy synergies and at the same time
respect political and institutional barriers to implementation.
Macroeconomics; Development, economic growth; Economics of innovation; Energy planning; Environmental regulations and climate negotiations; Environment, resources and sustainability
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