Waiting for the water to come? Poverty reduction in times of global climate change

It is the poor who suffer most under the impact of climate
change. They are often directly dependent on the natural environment
and have few options to escape the consequences
of change such as poor harvests, water shortages and illness.
Their survival strategies and livelihoods are endangered, in
some cases acutely.
Climate change makes poverty reduction more difficult. First,
it is harder to hel…