Climate change and development

The aim of the presented research is to contribute to the wider body of knowledge concerned with the integration of the traditionally isolated fields of climate change and development. There is substantial research on the theoretical linkages between climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation and development and in a general a bilateral relationship between the two areas is recognized. Further, a paradigm shift in political framing has taken place since 1990, where climate change evolved from being perceived as technocratic issue to being perceived as a development issue. Moreover, the environmental kuznets curve has been reassessed and now instead of an inverted U, an N shape has been posited. This has therefore led to the argument that development does not necessarily precede sustainable development. Hence, the substantial links, the paradigm shift and specially the reassessment of the environmental kuznets curve have led to the discussion on mainstreaming climate change in development. Mainstreaming implies restructuring of society from a climate lens and is seen as politically challenging. However, there is much less research on whether this is happening in developing or developed countries or on what the challenges towards such road are