100 MILLION VICTIMS
100 Million More People Will Be In Poverty By 2030 Without Action On Climate, World Bank Says
The World Bank says climate change threatens the goal of eradicating poverty by 2030.
WASHINGTON -- If countries fail to
sustain policies that combat the impacts of climate change while also
providing safety nets for the world’s poor, global warming will drive an
additional 100 million people into poverty by 2030, a new World Bank
report finds.
The report, titled "Shock Waves:
Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty," argues that climate
change is a “significant obstacle” to the eradication of poverty. Poor
people are more likely to be impacted by climate-related “shocks” such
as flooding, drought, crop failure, spikes in food prices, waterborne
disease and the long list of extreme weather patterns that scientists
have said will increase due to climate change.
“This report sends a clear message
that ending poverty will not be possible unless we take strong action to
reduce the threat of climate change on poor people and dramatically
reduce harmful emissions,” said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
The World Bank projected last month that the number of people in poverty is expected to drop this year to 702 million, or 9.6 percent of the world's population. That’s down from the 902
million people, or 12.8 percent of the population, who were living in
poverty in 2012. The expected decline brings the world "closer to the
historic goal of ending poverty by 2030," the World Bank said at the
time.
The new report stresses that climate change threatens that goal.
“Climate change hits the poorest the hardest, and our challenge now
is to protect tens of millions of people from falling into extreme
poverty because of a changing climate,” Yong Kim said.
The report relies on the most recent
modeling results that show how climate change affects agricultural
productivity and food prices, natural hazards such as heat waves, flood
and drought, and climate-sensitive diseases. Those results were combined
with findings from household surveys in 92 countries that describe
demographics and sources of income.
Impacts on agriculture, the report
says, will be the main driver of greater poverty caused by climate
change. According to modeling analyzed by the study, climate change
could cause global crop losses of as much as 5 percent by 2030 and 30
percent by 2080.
Extreme weather changes could lead
to a significant decline in crops, which would in turn spike
agricultural prices and jeopardize food security in regions like
sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In Africa, prices could shoot up by
as much as 12 percent by 2030 and 70 percent by 2080.
Health effects will be the
second-strongest driver of poverty. The number of people with malaria
could reach 5 percent, or 150 million people, by 2030, the report says.
“The future is not set in stone,”
said Stephane Hallegatte, a senior economist at the World Bank who led
the team that prepared the report.
To forestall these consequences, the
authors of the report argue that countries should reduce their
vulnerability through targeted investments in measures to combat climate
change, as well as through preparedness. Countries should upgrade their
flood defenses, develop early warning systems and climate-resistant
crops, and improve socioeconomic conditions by increasing incomes and
providing universal health care.
“Ending poverty will not be possible
if climate change and its effects on poor people are not accounted for
and managed in development and poverty-reduction policies,” the report
states.
WASHINGTON -- If countries fail to
sustain policies that combat the impacts of climate change while also
providing safety nets for the world’s poor, global warming will drive an
additional 100 million people into poverty by 2030, a new World Bank
report finds.
The report, titled "Shock Waves:
Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty," argues that climate
change is a “significant obstacle” to the eradication of poverty. Poor
people are more likely to be impacted by climate-related “shocks” such
as flooding, drought, crop failure, spikes in food prices, waterborne
disease and the long list of extreme weather patterns that scientists
have said will increase due to climate change.
“This report sends a clear message
that ending poverty will not be possible unless we take strong action to
reduce the threat of climate change on poor people and dramatically
reduce harmful emissions,” said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
The World Bank projected last month that the number of people in poverty is expected to drop this year to 702 million, or 9.6 percent of the world's population. That’s down from the 902
million people, or 12.8 percent of the population, who were living in
poverty in 2012. The expected decline brings the world "closer to the
historic goal of ending poverty by 2030," the World Bank said at the
time.
The new report stresses that climate change threatens that goal.
“Climate change hits the poorest the hardest, and our challenge now
is to protect tens of millions of people from falling into extreme
poverty because of a changing climate,” Yong Kim said.
The report relies on the most recent
modeling results that show how climate change affects agricultural
productivity and food prices, natural hazards such as heat waves, flood
and drought, and climate-sensitive diseases. Those results were combined
with findings from household surveys in 92 countries that describe
demographics and sources of income.
Impacts on agriculture, the report
says, will be the main driver of greater poverty caused by climate
change. According to modeling analyzed by the study, climate change
could cause global crop losses of as much as 5 percent by 2030 and 30
percent by 2080.
Extreme weather changes could lead
to a significant decline in crops, which would in turn spike
agricultural prices and jeopardize food security in regions like
sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In Africa, prices could shoot up by
as much as 12 percent by 2030 and 70 percent by 2080.
Health effects will be the
second-strongest driver of poverty. The number of people with malaria
could reach 5 percent, or 150 million people, by 2030, the report says.
“The future is not set in stone,”
said Stephane Hallegatte, a senior economist at the World Bank who led
the team that prepared the report.
To forestall these consequences, the
authors of the report argue that countries should reduce their
vulnerability through targeted investments in measures to combat climate
change, as well as through preparedness. Countries should upgrade their
flood defenses, develop early warning systems and climate-resistant
crops, and improve socioeconomic conditions by increasing incomes and
providing universal health care.
“Ending poverty will not be possible
if climate change and its effects on poor people are not accounted for
and managed in development and poverty-reduction policies,” the report
states.
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Maar dat wisten wij al 40 jaar (club van Rome) men vond mij een zeur! en de dominee vond mij een doemdenker...en het KNMI vond dat ook.
nee nu durven ze niet meer! ze hebben al die arme mensen op hun geweten!...Zij zijn de valse "profeten"...en ze zitten er nog warmpjes bij.
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