ABSTRACT
This chapter describes climate compatible development (CCD) to examine whether it does indeed mark a new development landscape, and identifies the challenges and opportunities in moving from CCD rhetoric towards its operationalisation. Analysis of the use and impact of CCD reveals that it occurs between and among different levels of government, civil society and the private sector. Southern Africa provides an interesting regional focus from both a climate change and a development perspective. Regional climate models are projecting increased climatic uncertainty for southern Africa, especially for temperature, rainfall and wind patterns into the 2050s with significant impacts projected for water resource availability. Particular concerns include poverty, poor sanitation, inadequate access to clean water, land degradation, pollution, biodiversity loss, deforestation, HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and poor urban conditions each of which undermines nations' abilities to manage climate change. Re-politicisation of the climate and development arena is required if CCD is to provide the basis for an alternative development landscape.
