The Poverty Impacts of Climate Change

Over the last century, the world has seen a sustained decline in the proportion of people living in poverty. However, there is an increasing concern that climate change could slow or possibly even reverse poverty reduction progress. Given the compl...

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Main Authors:	Skoufias, Emmanuel, Rabassa, Mariano, Olivieri, Sergio, Brahmbhatt, Milan
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABATEMENT POLICIES ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO CALCULATION CARBON CARBON ENERGY CHILD MORTALITY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE DAMAGE CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATIC PHENOMENA CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTION IMPACTS COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COUNTERFACTUAL CROP YIELD DAMAGES DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC WELFARE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE EMISSION EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSIONS EMISSIONS MITIGATION ENERGY SOURCES ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARMERS FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GHGS GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EARNING POTENTIAL INCOME GROWTH INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS IRRIGATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE MARKET FAILURES NEGATIVE IMPACT PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POOR POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE IMPACTS PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION RAINFALL RAINFALL VARIATION REGIONAL DISPARITIES RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL WAGES SAFETY NETS SCENARIOS SOCIAL PROTECTION SURFACE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURES TROPICAL REGIONS UNCERTAINTIES VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE WELFARE BENEFITS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/13888063/poverty-impacts-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10102

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Summary:	Over the last century, the world has seen a sustained decline in the proportion of people living in poverty. However, there is an increasing concern that climate change could slow or possibly even reverse poverty reduction progress. Given the complexities involved in analyzing climate change impacts on poverty, different approaches can be helpful; this note surveys the results of recent research on climate change impacts on poverty.

The Poverty Impacts of Climate Change

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