How does climate change affect poor people in Africa?
Our planet is warming up! That doesn’t mean we will have nicer weather, though. It means we have weather events that are more extreme. Floods, droughts, and heatwaves are more powerful and are happening more often. People lose their homes, jobs, and eat less food. And poor people suffer the most! Pe...
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Science Journal for Kids
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| author | Azzarri, Carlo Signorelli, Sara Dawson, Seda Woodruff, Lisa |
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| description | Our planet is warming up! That doesn’t mean we will have nicer weather, though. It means we have weather events that are more extreme. Floods, droughts, and heatwaves are more powerful and are happening more often. People lose their homes, jobs, and eat less food. And poor people suffer the most! People who are very poor do not have enough resources to handle the effects of extreme weather events. To help them in the future, we need a good understanding of what is happening now.
We studied one of the poorest regions in the world, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We analyzed data from thousands of families living all across the continent and looked at what happens to them when extreme weather events occur. We found that floods had a worse impact than heatwaves and droughts. Finally, we predicted that because of climate change, the number of people living in poverty there could increase in 10 years. Our results could be very useful for planning ways to help people in Africa. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1425162025-02-24T06:48:24Z How does climate change affect poor people in Africa? Azzarri, Carlo Signorelli, Sara Dawson, Seda Woodruff, Lisa data surveys climate poverty climate change Our planet is warming up! That doesn’t mean we will have nicer weather, though. It means we have weather events that are more extreme. Floods, droughts, and heatwaves are more powerful and are happening more often. People lose their homes, jobs, and eat less food. And poor people suffer the most! People who are very poor do not have enough resources to handle the effects of extreme weather events. To help them in the future, we need a good understanding of what is happening now. We studied one of the poorest regions in the world, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We analyzed data from thousands of families living all across the continent and looked at what happens to them when extreme weather events occur. We found that floods had a worse impact than heatwaves and droughts. Finally, we predicted that because of climate change, the number of people living in poverty there could increase in 10 years. Our results could be very useful for planning ways to help people in Africa. 2020-05 2024-05-22T12:10:37Z 2024-05-22T12:10:37Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142516 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104691 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148138 Open Access Science Journal for Kids Azzarri, Carlo; and Signorelli, Sara. 2020. How does climate change affect poor people in Africa? Environmental Science Journal for Teens May 2020. https://sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how-does-climate-change-affect-poor-people-in-africa/ |
| spellingShingle | data surveys climate poverty climate change Azzarri, Carlo Signorelli, Sara Dawson, Seda Woodruff, Lisa How does climate change affect poor people in Africa? |
| title | How does climate change affect poor people in Africa? |
| title_full | How does climate change affect poor people in Africa? |
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| title_short | How does climate change affect poor people in Africa? |
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| topic | data surveys climate poverty climate change |
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