I am writing about this topic as i do not want Elvin's team's effort to go to waste as they took the trouble to print this information out for us :)
The effects of climate change:Poverty
- Because the poor tend to live in a geographical and climatic regions that are naturally most vulnerable toto climate change,their capacity to adapt is easily overwhelmed by the impact of the conditions.
- They have the least assets to rely on in the event of a shock-whether it be a weather-related distaster a bad harvest or a family member falling ill.
- these factors build on each other and create a perpetuating cycle of porverty that is difficult to break.
- Safety nets like insurance are also largely unavailable to the world's poor.
- Many are subsistence farmers or fishermen,or have jobs in the tourism industry-vocations highly dependent on natural resources such as the pcean,forest or land for their livelihoods.
- Climate change compounds existing povertyby destroying livelihoods.
- Climate change is expected to reduce the earning potential of the next generation because it decreases family income and increases the number of hungry children.
- Economists estimate that every child whose physical and mental development is stunted by hungerand malnutrition stands to lose 5-10 pecent of their lifetime earnings.
- As income drops,poor families might be forced to send their children to work to bring in extra income.
- Consequently,climate change affects educational opportunities and thereby income potential of the next generation.
So,i hope you guys would read this and would understand something from these information.Thank you Elvin's groupfor providing these info :)
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