CLIMATE CHANGE: EXACERBATING POVERTY AND …

QUOTECHAPTER 3 CLIMATE change : EXACERBATING POVERTY AND INEQUALITYINEQUALITY IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLDKEY MESSAGES The effects of CLIMATE change are experienced to varying degrees across and within countries due to differences in exposure, susceptibility and coping capacities. If left unaddressed, CLIMATE change will lead to increased inequality both within and among countries and could leave a substantial part of the world further behind. Developing countries, particularly small island developing States, face disproportionate risks from an altered CLIMATE , while high-income countries are generally less vulnerable and more resilient. Within countries, people living in POVERTY and other vulnerable groups including smallholder farmers, indigenous peoples and rural coastal populations are more exposed to CLIMATE change and incur greater losses from it, while having fewer resources with which to cope and recover.

Assessing the effect of climate change on displacement is challenging. However, one estimate puts the number of people forced to move as a result …

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