- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations released a report warning of the significant impacts of climate change on poor households, particularly in India.
- Poor households globally lose 5% of their total income from heat stress and 4.4% from floods, with Indian farming households severely affected.
- Droughts causing a reduction in off-farm employment opportunities.
- The vulnerability of poor households is rooted in structural inequalities.
- The FAO report calls for expanding social security nets and anticipatory social protection programs.
- India’s proactive measures, such as the National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) and employment guarantee schemes, to address climate change and provide a social safety net.
Dig Deeper: Read about reports published by FAO like the State of World’s Forests and the Global Forest Resources Assessment.
