Climate Change and Poverty

Climate change and therewith climate variability as well as the frequency of extreme events could slow or possibly even reverse progress that has been made regarding poverty reduction. Developing countries and especially the (rural) poor living there are suspected to suffer most from the impacts of...

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Main Author: Vera Schlegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Guadalajara 2016-12-01
Series:Expresión Económica
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Online Access:http://expresioneconomica.cucea.udg.mx/index.php/eera/article/view/676
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description Climate change and therewith climate variability as well as the frequency of extreme events could slow or possibly even reverse progress that has been made regarding poverty reduction. Developing countries and especially the (rural) poor living there are suspected to suffer most from the impacts of climate change. Reasons for that are geographic and climatic conditions, dependency from natural resources, environmental systems and climate sensitive sectors as well as limited human, institutional and financial conditions. The paper examines poverty and welfare impacts of climate change on an aggregated level as well as on the microeconomic level. Impacts of climate change on the sectors economic goods and services, water, health and agricultural production are analyzed. After a case study on Mexico adaption strategies in general and in Mexico are examined and policy implications are given.
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spelling doaj.art-7aefe322f3774c729f896bcc425fe0ec2023-09-04T01:49:15ZengUniversidad de GuadalajaraExpresión Económica1870-59602016-12-013210.32870/eera.vi32.676Climate Change and PovertyVera SchlegelClimate change and therewith climate variability as well as the frequency of extreme events could slow or possibly even reverse progress that has been made regarding poverty reduction. Developing countries and especially the (rural) poor living there are suspected to suffer most from the impacts of climate change. Reasons for that are geographic and climatic conditions, dependency from natural resources, environmental systems and climate sensitive sectors as well as limited human, institutional and financial conditions. The paper examines poverty and welfare impacts of climate change on an aggregated level as well as on the microeconomic level. Impacts of climate change on the sectors economic goods and services, water, health and agricultural production are analyzed. After a case study on Mexico adaption strategies in general and in Mexico are examined and policy implications are given. http://expresioneconomica.cucea.udg.mx/index.php/eera/article/view/676Climate changeextreme eventsrural poorpovertydeveloping countriesgreenhouse gas emissions
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Climate Change and Poverty
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Climate change
extreme events
rural poor
poverty
developing countries
greenhouse gas emissions
title Climate Change and Poverty
title_full Climate Change and Poverty
title_fullStr Climate Change and Poverty
title_full_unstemmed Climate Change and Poverty
title_short Climate Change and Poverty
title_sort climate change and poverty
topic Climate change
extreme events
rural poor
poverty
developing countries
greenhouse gas emissions
url http://expresioneconomica.cucea.udg.mx/index.php/eera/article/view/676
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