People's lives are impacted by climate change in more ways than being exposed to the
environment and having their health affected. Climate change will have an impact on a variety of
industries, including tourism, energy, and water. In response, people must adjust and adapt to
the changing environment. Due to the climate-development linkage and the climate-conflict
nexus, global leaders from advanced economies and international organizations helping to
coordinate climate action should consider making existing sustainable development initiatives
more conflict-sensitive, while making security policies more climate-sensitive.92 Such an
integrated approach will create beneficial synergies. Advanced economies should fast-track
climate-sensitive solutions in their work across various agencies, whether national (such as
Treasury, the Department of Defense, aid agencies, etc.) or international (such as the
International Energy Agency). The international community must work with stakeholders at all
levels and across sectors to strengthen existing adaptation and resilience-building programs or
help create new ones at both the country-level and community-level. Funding research to
develop an understanding of the needs and priorities of marginalized and climate-vulnerable
groups is essential for advanced economies to design appropriate context-specific responses.93
It will be necessary for international leaders in the climate space to identify a few high-impact
areas to target and re-direct its effort to climate-vulnerable groups. instead of the current
approach spreading oneself thin by engaging in a complex array of development, peacebuilding,
and climate-change initiatives and programs. A focused, high-impact climate change
coordination effort will involve identifying specific regions or countries of top concern and
opportunities to target, since it is neither possible nor effective for donor countries to intervene
everywhere simultaneously.