'poor people are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change'
Reuters AlertNet - CLIMATE CHANGE BLOG: Does poverty equal vulnerability? - 0 views
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But is it the state of being poor that makes people vulnerable to climate change, or the processes that lead to their impoverishment?
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if you have access to a clean and healthy environment that provides for your needs - meaning you don't need two dollars a day (or perhaps even one) - then you aren't living in poverty!
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The end is not necessarily nigh - V3.co.uk - 0 views
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these underlying environmental factors that inevitably prompted societal collapse
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societal collapse is often avoidable – a message that is painfully pertinent given the ecologically unsustainable nature of many modern societies
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there are many reasons why societies make disastrous decisions, including a lack of foresight; poor governance that ensures people can get away with doing things that are in their personal interest but not in the interest of the society; a lack of flexibility that leaves societies that no longer work in a changing environment; and perhaps most importantly a refusal to acknowledge a problem even exists
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