This article is basically stating how the climate affects women of developing nations living in poverty. They are living off of less than a dollar a day and that small source of income is all they have to live off of. The human effect on global climate change is affecting agriculture which these poverty-stricken women rely to earn their income. Another important point made is that even though they are the most affected by climate change, the article even states that the majority of the 1.5 billion impoverished people in the world are women, they have the least opportunity to have a say in environmental politics.
The statistics of the article surprised me and made me realize that not everybody has a say in what we do for the earth. I feel that we need to get more say from the developing countries since they are impacted the most but thats not an option since women in developing countries are usually considered below men; thus, they wouldn't get much say if we did somehow get more information from these countries.
Since we have all the power to change the direction that the worlds going in, i think that we, the developed, third world nations, should step up and make decisions that will in the long-run help out not only our country but those all around the world to provide for a better future for these people.
As we've been hearing in class and in Copenhagen developing countries, especially those in Africa, will be hit hard when it comes to climate change. I agree that we need to give these women a voice, and teach them how they can help to improve the environment and in the process their own lives. As a country that has the power to drastically change things, we also need to keep these people in mind when making decisions concerning environmental policy.
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