“THE RICH POLLUTE, the Poor Suffer” runs a headline from the Economist. It’s true: one of the insidious aspects of climate change is that although it mostly wasn’t caused by the world’s poor, it will hurt poorer countries more than richer countries. This is partly because the economies of poorer countries are more reliant on industries like agriculture that are vulnerable to climactic changes; it is partly because they tend to be in already warmer climates; and it is mostly because being poor means having less capacity to adapt.
