World Bank in its new report has said in the next 25 years, more than a hundred million people will be impoverished and over half a billion the of homes will be submerged if carbon emission resulting in rising sea level is kept unchecked, this report says sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will be most at risk. "Climate change is an acute and pressing threat to the poor and any climate stabilization policies must be integrated with efforts to eliminate poverty." Climate change also increases the risk of waterborne diseases and the transmission of malaria, with a warming of 2 to 3°C likely to put an extra 150 million people at risk for malaria.
The report has however said that fighting both poverty and climate change has to be done simultaneously to achieve a positive result in tackling the two.
According to the report,""And between now and 2030, good, climate-informed development gives us the best chance we have of warding off increases in poverty due to climate change."
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