This Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a bold look at climate change and what can be done about it.

Tackling head-on the issue of poverty reduction and human development, the Report argues that, despite potentially difficult trade-offs, meeting the challenges of climate change is the way to sustain existing human development gains and achieve new ones.

Contributing to post 2015 development discussions, the Report reveals how the world's most dynamic region can prepare itself, produce and consume differently, build rural resilience and create cities for the future we want.