Poverty and Exposure to Climate Change in sub-Saharan Africa
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Poverty and Exposure to Climate Change in sub-Saharan Africa. / Fisker, Peter Kielberg; Tarp, Finn.
CC-04. udg. African Economic Research Consortium AERC, 2021. s. 1-16.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Poverty and Exposure to Climate Change in sub-Saharan Africa
AU - Fisker, Peter Kielberg
AU - Tarp, Finn
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study provides a framework for examining the effects of climate change on poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. It presents and combines the most recent data on poverty and climate projections at the subnational level, and finds that, i) currentlevels of poverty and current climate are not correlated in any meaningful way, ii) poorer districts are exposed to larger projected increases in temperatures and precipitation than richer areas when looking at within-country variation. Whilethis exposure will likely amplify the effects of climate change on poverty, overall vulnerability to climate change decreases through poverty reduction.
AB - This study provides a framework for examining the effects of climate change on poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. It presents and combines the most recent data on poverty and climate projections at the subnational level, and finds that, i) currentlevels of poverty and current climate are not correlated in any meaningful way, ii) poorer districts are exposed to larger projected increases in temperatures and precipitation than richer areas when looking at within-country variation. Whilethis exposure will likely amplify the effects of climate change on poverty, overall vulnerability to climate change decreases through poverty reduction.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - poverty
KW - climate change
KW - CMIP6
KW - Sub-Saharan Africa
M3 - Working paper
VL - 2021
T3 - AERC Working Paper Series
SP - 1
EP - 16
BT - Poverty and Exposure to Climate Change in sub-Saharan Africa
PB - African Economic Research Consortium AERC
ER -
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