New Delhi/Manila, September 30 (PTI): Poor people and rural women from developing nations in Asia will be among those most affected by climate change which poses fundamental threats to the region’s food and energy security, according to studies funded by the Asian Development Bank. The climate change is also expected to lead to increased migration of people within national boundaries, mainly into mega cities.
Attributing to three studies on agriculture, energy and migration, the ADB in a statement today said the impacts of rising temperatures in Asia would fall disproportionately on the region’s poor, and rural women from developing countries would be among the most affected groups.
Such a scenario would arise on account of these groups dependence on subsistence crops, their limited access to resources, and their lack of decision-making power. “The food and energy security of every Asian is threatened by climate change, but it’s the poor - and especially poor women - who are most vulnerable and most likely to migrate as a consequence,” ADB Vice-President Ursula Schaefer Preuss said.
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