One might have thought that climate change would be an equaliser in how it effects all people on this planet of ours. Not so, as this piece from Inter Press Service so clearly highlights.
"Currently about 8.9 percent of this South Asian island nation’s 21 million people (that is, Sri Lanka) live below the poverty line.
Of these, according to Abha Joshi-Ghani, head of the World Bank’s Urban Development and Local Government Unit, “the poor in urban areas are likely to be affected more by the changing climate patterns. They are the most vulnerable because they live in sensitive areas, on precarious land where no one else will settle.”
The British-based charity Homeless International estimates that 12 percent of Sri Lanka’s urban population of about three million can be found in slums."
"Currently about 8.9 percent of this South Asian island nation’s 21 million people (that is, Sri Lanka) live below the poverty line.
Of these, according to Abha Joshi-Ghani, head of the World Bank’s Urban Development and Local Government Unit, “the poor in urban areas are likely to be affected more by the changing climate patterns. They are the most vulnerable because they live in sensitive areas, on precarious land where no one else will settle.”
The British-based charity Homeless International estimates that 12 percent of Sri Lanka’s urban population of about three million can be found in slums."
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