This report addresses the way climate change affects global poverty rates and presents country-specific studies with implications for low-income rural populations as well as governments' risk management programs. It surveys the research terrain concerning the effects of climate change on poverty, looking closely at vulnerable rural populations in Indonesia and Mexico, where the increased frequency of weather extremes has had measurable short-term, if not immediate, effects on the farming livelihoods on which many people depend for both income and subsistence.
This book is intended for academics and decision makers in government and non-governmental organizations, seeking to design climate-smart poverty alleviation and safety net programs based on evidence.