{"id":5331,"date":"2024-09-19T13:39:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T13:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=5331"},"modified":"2024-09-19T13:39:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T13:39:15","slug":"climate-change-to-affect-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=5331","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change to Affect the Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"5331\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 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https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e1-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e1-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e1-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/e1-2.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sentinelassam.com\/more-news\/editorial\/climate-change-to-affect-the-poor-more\n\">https:\/\/www.sentinelassam.com\/more-news\/editorial\/climate-change-to-affect-the-poor-more<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoopnews.in\/det.aspx?q=132979\n\">https:\/\/www.scoopnews.in\/det.aspx?q=132979<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirlife.net\/how-the-climate-change-affects-the-poor-more-366555\/\n\">https:\/\/kashmirlife.net\/how-the-climate-change-affects-the-poor-more-366555\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thekashmirimages.com\/2024\/09\/16\/climate-change-to-affect-the-poor-more\/\n\">https:\/\/thekashmirimages.com\/2024\/09\/16\/climate-change-to-affect-the-poor-more\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/17\/climate-change-to-affect-the-poor-more\/\n\">https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/17\/climate-change-to-affect-the-poor-more\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kipnews.in\/newsdet.aspx?q=35192\n\">https:\/\/www.kipnews.in\/newsdet.aspx?q=35192<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/2024\/09\/17\/opinions\/opinion\/climate-change-will-affect-poor-more\/#google_vignette\">https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/2024\/09\/17\/opinions\/opinion\/climate-change-will-affect-poor-more\/#google_vignette<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoopnews.in\/det.aspx?q=132979\">Climate Change to Affect the Poor More<\/a><\/strong><br><br><br>International Labour Organisation\u2019s (ILO) latest report reveals that half of the global population lacks social protection, exacerbating vulnerabilities amid the escalating climate crisis. Over 90% of individuals in climate-vulnerable countries are without any safety net, highlighting a critical gap in support for those most affected by environmental changes.<br>The ILO\u2019s World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition, released last week states that around 50 per cent of the global population \u2013 which could be described as the privileged one, do have access to at least one social protection benefit \u2013 but 3.8 billion people globally lack any kind of safety net, including 1.8 billion children worldwide.<br>\u201cClimate change does not recognise borders, and we cannot build a wall to keep the crisis out,\u201d said Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Director-General. \u201cThe climate crisis affects us all and represents the single, gravest threat to social justice today.\u201d<br>Findings showed that governments are failing to make full use of the powerful potential of social protection to counter the effects of the climate crisis and support a just transition to a greener future.<br>A \u2018deeply divided world\u2019<br>For the first time, more than half of the global population (52.4 per cent) has some form of social protection, climbing from 42.8 per cent in 2015, the year when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, according to the report.<br>But, in the 20 most climate-vulnerable countries, 91.3 per cent of people \u2013 or 364 million \u2013 still go without any security net. More broadly, in the 50 most climate-vulnerable countries, 75 per cent of the population \u2013 or 2.1 billion people \u2013 lack any social or livelihood protection, provided by their governments.<br>\u201cThe stark disparity in the right to social protection is a reflection of our deeply divided world,\u201d said Mia Seppo, ILO Assistant Director-General. \u201cThe most urgent challenge is protecting those at the frontline of the climate crisis.\u201d<br>Globally, most children (76.1 per cent) still have no effective social protection coverage, and a substantial gender gap persists, with women\u2019s effective coverage lagging behind men by 50.1 and 54.6 per cent, respectively.<br>These gaps are especially significant, given the potential role of social protection in softening the impact of climate change, helping people and societies adapt to a new climate-volatile reality and facilitating a just transition to a sustainable future.<br>The ILO chief cautioned that many of the countries experiencing the most brutal consequences of this crisis are particularly ill-equipped to handle its environmental and livelihood consequences.<br>\u201cWe must recognise that what happens to impacted communities will affect us all,\u201d Houngbo said.<br>How social protection helps<br>Social protection can help people adapt to and cope with climate-related shocks by providing social protection benefits, such as income security and access to healthcare, and cushion families, workers and enterprises during the green transition.<br>It can also enable more sustainable economic practices, including supporting employees with training and upskilling for employment in green and low carbon sectors.<br>\u201cSocial protection is essential to ensure that the ongoing green and low-carbon energy transition leaves no one behind,\u201d Houngbo said. \u201cThe imperative to make social protection universal is not only ethical; it is also practical. By supporting and protecting workers everywhere, we can help to alleviate fears about the transition, which is essential to mobilise popular support for a sustainable and just transition.\u201d, he further said.<br>Governments must step in<br>Despite its role as a catalyst and an enabler of positive climate action, governments are failing to make the most of social protection\u2019s potential, largely because of persistent coverage gaps and significant underinvestment, the new report found.<br>On average, countries spend 12.9 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) on social protection, excluding health. However, while high-income countries spend an average of 16.2 per cent, low-income countries allocate only 0.8 per cent of their GDP to social protection.<br>Low-income countries, including the most climate-vulnerable States, need an additional $308.5 billion a year, or 52.3 per cent of their GDP, to guarantee at least basic coverage and international support will be needed to reach this goal.<br>\u2018Time to up the ante\u2019<br>The ILO report calls for decisive and integrated policy action to close protection gaps, arguing that, \u201cit is time to up the ante\u201d and invest significantly in social protection.<br>Recommendations to help guide policy and ensure effective and sustainable outcomes include preparing for both \u201croutine\u201d life cycle risks and climate-related shocks with social protection systems and using social protection to support climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts while securing public acceptance of those measures.<br>The report also recommends prioritising investment in social protection, including external support for countries with limited fiscal space.<br>Need to focus on Social Protection<br>Social protection also contributes to raising adaptive capacities, including those of future generations through its positive impacts on human development, productive investment, and livelihood diversification. Moreover, an inclusive and efficient loss and damage response at scale can leverage social protection systems, particularly when high levels of coverage and preparedness exist.<br>Social protection systems are also key for compensating and cushioning people and enterprises from the potential adverse impacts of mitigation and other environmental policies. When combined with active labour market policies, they can help people transition to greener jobs and more sustainable economic practices.<br>Social protection can also directly support mitigation efforts. The greening of public pension funds, the conversion of fossil fuel subsidies into social protection benefits, and the provision of income support to disincentivise harmful activity to protect and restore crucial natural carbon sinks, are some of the options to support emission reductions.<br>Social protection systems, as part of an integrated policy response, meet the imperatives of mitigation and adaptation in an equitable manner. Social protection helps to protect people\u2019s incomes, health and jobs, as well as enterprises, from climate shocks and the adverse impacts of climate policies. Social protection encourages productive risk-taking and forward planning and thus can ensure that everyone \u2013 including the most vulnerable \u2013 can gain from climate change adaptation measures.<br>It can enable job restructuring, protect living standards, maintain social cohesion, reduce vulnerability, and contribute to building fairer, more inclusive societies, and sustainable and productive economies. However, social protection cannot do this on its own. It needs to work in tandem with other policies to enable effective mitigation and adaptation policies, which are so utterly vital for a liveable planet.<br>Social protection increases the resilience of people, economies and societies by providing a systematic policy response to mutually reinforcing life-cycle risks and climate-related risks (which look poised to become increasingly inseparable and indistinct with each decimal point of global warming).<br>In this context, policymakers will have to achieve a double objective: implementing climate policies to support mitigation and adaptation efforts to contain the climate crisis, while at the same time strengthening social protection to address both ordinary life-cycle risks and climate risks. In the context of an evolving risk landscape, policymakers must ensure their social protection systems can deal with both types of risk.<br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"5331\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;90&nbsp;total views<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;90&nbsp;total views https:\/\/www.sentinelassam.com\/more-news\/editorial\/climate-change-to-affect-the-poor-more https:\/\/www.scoopnews.in\/det.aspx?q=132979 https:\/\/kashmirlife.net\/how-the-climate-change-affects-the-poor-more-366555\/ https:\/\/thekashmirimages.com\/2024\/09\/16\/climate-change-to-affect-the-poor-more\/ https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/17\/climate-change-to-affect-the-poor-more\/ https:\/\/www.kipnews.in\/newsdet.aspx?q=35192 https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/2024\/09\/17\/opinions\/opinion\/climate-change-will-affect-poor-more\/#google_vignette Climate Change to Affect the Poor More International Labour Organisation\u2019s (ILO) latest report reveals that half of the global population lacks social protection, exacerbating vulnerabilities amid the escalating climate crisis. 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