Exposure to climate hazards can trap poorer households in a cycle of poverty  and poor people in Africa are often more exposed to climate hazards than non-poor people. For example, poor people live in hotter areas in Nigeria and in multiple African countries, poor households are more exposed to flooding . Daily wage labourers and residents of urban informal settlements are vulnerable to heat stress because of the urban heat island effect combined with congestion, little shade and ventilation . Climate change can negatively affect household poverty through price spikes, destroying assets or ability to invest in new assets and reducing productivity  with important impact pathways operating through agriculture, ecosystem functioning and health . Non-poor people can lose more in absolute terms from climate shocks because of having more assets and higher incomes, but in relative terms, poor people often lose more than the non-poor. These relative losses matter most for livelihoods and welfare .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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