Climate change and the challenges of sustainable development

Abstract

The study addressed the issue of climate change as an important environmental issue, scientific fact, and global problem involving complex interactions related to global warming, energy production, and the scarcity of potable water, as well as its impact on human health. The study aimed to identify the implications of climate change on sustainable development by highlighting the relationship between the two. It adopted an analytical-descriptive approach by reviewing and analyzing the literature dealing with its variables, starting from a central question: how does climate change affect the achievement of sustainable development goals? The study concluded that climate change poses a major challenge to the achievement of sustainable development goals due to its negative repercussions, whether social, economic, or environmental.