Climate Shocks and the Poor

• Tác giả: Margaret Triyana
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 362.77 Social welfare problems and services
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 230477
• Chủ đề: 1. CLIMATE CHANGE; 2. DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT; 3. META ANALYSIS; 4. NATURAL DISASTERS; 5. POVERTY

Tóm tắt

There is a rapidly growing literature on the link between climate change and poverty. This study reviews the existing literature on whether the poor are more exposed to climate shocks and whether they are more adversely affected. About two-thirds of the studies in our analyzed sample find that the poor are more exposed to climate shocks than is the rest of the population and four-fifths of the studies find that the poor are more adversely affected by climate shocks than is the rest of the population. Income and human capital losses tend to be concentrated among the poor. These findings highlight the potential long-term risk of a climate-change induced poverty trap and the need for targeted interventions to protect the poor from the adverse effects of climate shocks.