Developing countries are paying the highest price for climate change

75-80% of climate change costs fall on people living in poverty.
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Dear John,

I emailed you last week with just a few ways that the climate crisis threatens not only our environment but also humanity and human rights. And while the effects of the climate crisis are being felt around the world already and will continue to impact everyone, research shows* that developing countries will bear an estimated 75-80% of the costs of climate change.

People in poverty tend to live in areas more susceptible to climate damage. They have fewer resources to deal with the effects of damage caused by climate change, and get less social or financial support to recover from the impact of the climate crisis.

Here are just a few of the places already paying the price:

Brazil - Burning forests

President Bolsonaro has opened up the Amazon rainforest for mining, ended demarcation of Indigenous lands and weakened environmental agencies and protections.

Our researchers visited three Indigenous territories in Northern Brazil where illegal intruders had begun to seize land and threaten Indigenous Peoples leading to an estimated 75,000 forest fires this year. This is both an environmental catastrophe and a human rights crisis.

Kenya - Forced from their land

Kenya has forcibly evicted Sengwer Indigenous Peoples living in Embobut forest from their lands under the guise of preservation of ecosystems.

They have lost homes, livelihoods and access to sacred sites. Many now live outside the forest in appalling poverty. The community has been dispersed, separated from their traditional practices in the forest. Many fear they will lose their unique culture and identity.

South Asia - Climate and greater poverty

Rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns are having a severe effect on living standards and health in countries in South Asia like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Research shows* that climate change will exacerbate existing poverty and inequality, with the most severe impact in peer regions, and places poorer people live and work.

Ecuador - Women's lives on the line

Amazonian Women Patricia Gualinga, Nema Grefa, Salomé Aranda and Margoth Escobar are putting their lives on the line every day protecting the world's largest rainforest.

In doing so, they are taking a stand against climate change, while defying huge political and economic interests linked to extractive industries in Indigenous territories.

On top of drastically reducing carbon emissions and phasing out subsidies for fossil fuels, governments must protect the most vulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis, help people adapt to climate change and provide support to those who have lost their homes.

Together we can stand with Indigenous Peoples and those most affected by the crisis, and demand a rapid and just transition to a zero-carbon economy that leaves no one behind.

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Thank you for your ongoing support!

Tim Gee
Campaigner - Human Rights in the UK
Amnesty International UK

P.S. Are you under 26 or do you know somebody who is? In the couple of weeks young people will be meeting to prepare for a global week of action
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*UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights report 2019

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