The Impact of Climate Change on Poverty in Selected of Middle Eastern Countries

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD Student, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tehran University, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ardakan, Yazd, Iran

10.22034/eiap.2022.158586

Abstract

Climate change is one of the main and most important factors affecting ecosystem characteristics. The climate change caused by the increase of greenhouse gases is influenced by human activities and industrialization of countries, which leads to increased global warming and natural disasters such as floods and droughts, and the consequences of migration, hunger, poverty, etc., and Indirectly affecting the economy, society and agriculture. Climate change is an obstacle to poverty reduction and sustainable economic development. In this context, assessing how climate change is important in reducing poverty. This study evaluates the impact of climate change on selected poverty from Middle Eastern countries, including Iran in the period (2000-2015). Panel fixed effect model to estimate poverty (malnutrition and infant mortality rates) were selected. The findings of the study indicate the negative effect of variables such as percentage change in forest area, improving access to health, electricity, healthy water sources and food production index on poverty indicators and the positive effect of carbon dioxide emissions on the variables of malnutrition. According to the results, special managerial decisions should be made to improve access to safe water, especially in rural areas, electricity and sanitation, and, on the other hand, by protecting forest areas, attempts to reduce unnecessary exploitation and destruction of these resources. It is also necessary to take measures and policies to reduce poverty, taking into account the socio-economic conditions of countries and the climate.
 

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Environmental Researches
Volume 13, Issue 25
Recerches
September 2022
Pages 183-198

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