Tackling climate change is a great way to alleviate extreme poverty, new study shows
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Implementing steep taxes on rich greenhouse gas emitters and then fairly distributing the income to help the poor could help reduce poverty in developing countries, contrasting conventional wisdom that we either have to tackle poverty or the climate.
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Climate change doesn’t affect everyone in the same way. Around the world, the poorest people are often disproportionately affected, as they have very few ways to shield themselves from the effects. Without urgent action, climate change could push an additional 100 million people into poverty, according to the World Bank.
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vEGU21 - EOS3.2 - Climate Literacy
A somewhat rocky start
On Monday, April 26 the 2nd week of vEGU21 - the all virtual General Assembly of the Eurogeosciences Union (EGU) - started into the scientific programs which were all held in the vPico format. The initial week had seen a much more relaxed schedule with mostly Great Debates, Union Symposia and Short Courses on the agenda. So, this start of the 2nd week saw a much increased pace, activities and attendees all rushing into the many online sessions running in parallel. So it was little wonder that many vPICO-sessions experienced some technical issues and that the conference servers were taxed to the max and sometimes even crashed under the load or were not reachable for a few minutes.
By Olasunkanmi Onifade
Abuja, April 27, 2021 The Minister of State Science and Technology, Mohammed Abdullahi, has urged stakeholders in the construction industry to develop technologies that would address housing and infrastructural deficiencies using local available resources.
Abdullahi said this at the 10th Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBBRI) international conference on Tuesday in Abuja.
The conference had the theme: “Circular Economy in the Built Environment for Enhanced Performance of the Nigerian Construction Industry.”
He said the locally available resources should be able to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal’s target of providing affordable and decent housing for citizens.
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