ABSTRACT
By this time and age there has been worldwide recognition that climate change, development, human wellbeing, and security all go hand-in-hand. The World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the UN High Level Panel on Global Sustain-ability (GSP) have noted clearly that the Earth cannot sustain development based on ever increasing economic growth and consumption that causes environmental degradation, resource depletion, and climate change. 1 Similar reports have been issued by the Worldwatch Institute and other NGOs. There has been much research on the impact and effects of climate change in different parts in the world (see Schönfeld 2011, 129–136, Schussler 2011; see also endnote 4).
