The document discusses transitions in the context of sustainable development from the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III. It notes that unless immediate deep emissions reductions occur across all sectors, limiting warming to 1.5°C will be impossible. Accelerating mitigation through transitions involves expediting the pace, quality, and scale of change. Transition decisions will have significant consequences for sustainable development. Ambitious mitigation pathways require large disruptive changes to economic structures and can strand fossil fuel infrastructure. Integrating sustainability into mitigation policies results in fewer trade-offs than narrow mitigation policies alone. There are also potential synergies between mitigation actions and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

1. TRANSITIONS IN THE
CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
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Minal Pathak,
Senior Scientist, IPCC WGIII Technical
Support Unit, Ahmedabad University, INDIA

2. “Unless there are immediate and deep
emissions reductions across all sectors,
1.5°C is beyond reach.
Sixth Assessment Report
WORKING GROUP III – MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE

3. Transition in the context of sustainable development
• Accelerating mitigation in the
context of sustainable development
involves
• - expediting the pace of change
• - The quality and depth of change
• - scale and breadth of change
• The timing of mitigation actions and
their effectiveness will have
significant consequences for
Sustainable development
•

4. • Transition decisions and policies may have
far-reaching implications
• Ambitious mitigation pathways imply
large and sometimes disruptive changes
in economic structure
• Distributional consequences associated
with mitigation
• There are particular challenges for
developing countries
• Limiting global warming to 2°C or below
could strand considerable fossil fuel
infrastructure
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Transition policies and processes

5. Policies integrating sustainability
and mitigation (right) have far
fewer trade-offs than narrow
mitigation policies

6. Synergies and trade-offs with SDGs
• There are potential synergies between
SDGs and actions in transport, industry,
urban areas, as well as demand side
measures
• Synergies and trade-offs depend on
• - the development context,
• - scale of deployment
• - timing of action
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7. Mitigation options in urban areas

8. Accelerating climate action is
critical for sustainable
development
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9. Accelerating mitigation in the context of sustainable development involves
…Equitable transition at local, national and global scales
Dialogue and consultation, adequate compensation to people, communities, and
regions that are impacted, creation of decent jobs, social protection
…targeted SDG policies and investments
around stringent air quality; efficient demand-side technologies, industrial policy;
agricultural and food policies,
…Putting in place enabling conditions
attention to integrated policy and economy-wide approaches, governance,
institutions, behaviour and lifestyle, innovation, policy, and finance

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Thankyou.
Minal Pathak
minal.Pathak@ahduni.edu.in