This report looks at how the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and post-2015 development processes can complement each other and support desired outcomes to tackle the interlinked challenges of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and climate change.

It analyses the current draft frameworks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and United Nations post-2015 development framework processes. It aims to illustrate the importance of both processes and the need for them to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable lifestyles for a low-carbon world.

It concludes that there are substantial opportunities for mutual support towards many outcomes, and highlights where further agreements and ambition is required to accelerate progress towards a low-carbon, equitable and sustainable future. It also highlights areas where further agreements and ambition are required in order to accelerate the just transition to zero-emission and climate-resilient development.

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