In partnership with several international experts, practitioners, and global leaders, the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of
Public Affairs has issued a new report on global warming, "Global Climate and Economic Development," which concludes there is an inseparable relationship between climate change and economic development. In this path breaking work, researchers and practitioners have determined that a viable climate change strategy cannot be achieved without a viable economic development strategy, and vice versa. The researchers conclude that because impacts of climate change will be felt largely by the poor, development strategies should alleviate global warming and poverty at the same time.

Held at the Humphrey Institute in October 2004, the workshop which led to this report aimed to examine ways of promoting economic and social development while being mindful of the health of local residents and the surrounding environment. Participants worked to identify ways of slowing greenhouse gas emissions while promoting economic development at the same time, often through technology.

Among the contributors to the report is international expert Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who wrote the report's foreword.Editors of the report are Jennifer Kuzma and Lydia Dobrovolny.

The full report including all recommendations and findings is available online through the Humphrey Institute's Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy at http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/stpp/global_climate_econdvlp.html