Climate Change and Poor Countries
By
Meet Rathwa
Mentor:
Adit Christian
This video of 1:51 minutes explains about Climates Changes which affect poorer countries
- Historically, rich countries are responsible for two-thirds of the CO2 Emissions but today, poor and middle-income countries already account for over half of total Emissions
- 10 of the 15 largest developing cities are in low-lying coastal areas, vulnerable to rising areas.
- It exacerbates the spread of diseases which are more prevalent in poorer countries. In Africa alone, 90 million more people could be exposed to malaria by 2030 because of Rising Temperature.
- Poor countries will need Financial and Technical assistant from rich countries to shift to a low-carbon economy while promoting development and reducing Poverty
- Some to these poor countries i.e Madagascar, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.. Have experienced these struggle.