Poverty and the Environment : The Role of Social Protection and Payment for Ecological Services
تاريخ النشر: 23/07/2024
الناشر: مركز تريندز للبحوث والاستشارات
نبذة الناشر:In low- and middle-income countries, poverty is often the driving factor behind environmental degradation, as people in rural areas seek to sustain a livelihood where returns are often at the margin. The burden of climate change, however, will fall most heavily on developing countries with the result being those who ...are most affected by climate change are those with the least resources to cope. Even in the absence of a climate emergency, natural disasters can be a driving force for pushing people into poverty by destroying livelihood-dependent assets and the infrastructure necessary for economic activity.
Social protection is an intervention that seek to reduce and prevent poverty and protect the most vulnerable. While its application predates the climate change imperative, recent variations have been successfully applied to mitigate and protect against climate change and environmental disasters. This includes Payment for Environmental Services (PES), Public Employment Programs(PEPs), and Cash Transfers (CTs). إقرأ المزيد