Climate change making life worse for people living in poverty in Africa 2016-2018
Climate change has a larger impact on people living in poverty. In Africa, a large share of the population lives below the poverty line and its livelihood depends on activities extremely sensitive to climate change and weather conditions. According to a survey conducted among 32 African countries between 2016 and 2018, 73 percent of the respondents, who had experienced high poverty levels, stated that climate change was having a negative impact on their life. There was a difference of 13 percentage points between respondents who had lived severe poverty and those who had not experienced poverty.
