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DESA: Climate change taking "largest toll" on the world's poor
04.10.2016 09:17 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of yesterday, while speaking within the launch of the World Economic and Social Survey 2016, Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), made a report Climate Change Resilience an Opportunity for Reducing Inequalities,UN Radio says.
As to the Report, presently the climate change is taking its «largest toll» on the world poor, and «further aggravates» existing inequalities.
The Report also finds that governments worldwide can play a significant role in reducing the risks faced by the most vulnerable, as climate change creates more extreme weather across the world.
But the report also suggests that some governments have been negligent in not closing the gap between rich and poor enough, putting their own people in harms way.
In meanwhile, while making an addition to the report, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that «we have not time to waste, and a great deal to gain, when it comes to addressing the socioeconomic inequalities that deepen poverty, and leave people behind».
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