From the following statistic and based on what you know about the impact of climate change, what can you infer about the distribution of the effects of climate change? "The world's least developed countries contribute only 10 percent of annual global carbon dioxide emissions."

a. The poorest countries contribute very little to climate change and feel less of its effects.

b. The poorest countries are the main source of annual global carbon dioxide emissions.

c. The poorest countries are responsible for climate change.

d. The poorest countries contribute the least, but are impacted the most by climate change.

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Jaylynn Richardson

Geography

29 October, 19:42

From the following statistic and based on what you know about the impact of climate change, what can you infer about the distribution of the effects of climate change? "The world's least developed countries contribute only 10 percent of annual global carbon dioxide emissions."

a. The poorest countries contribute very little to climate change and feel less of its effects.

b. The poorest countries are the main source of annual global carbon dioxide emissions.

c. The poorest countries are responsible for climate change.

d. The poorest countries contribute the least, but are impacted the most by climate change.

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Yoselin Bennett · Answer 1

D. The poorest countries contribute the least, but are impacted the most by climate change.

Camren Allen · Answer 2

d. The poorest countries contribute the least, but are impacted the most by climate change.

Explanation:

As the climate change affects each and every country equally it affects covers the entire globe and is distributed according to the ride in the temperature patterns around the world and increases the global ocean water levels. Developing countries are most impacted by this change in the sea and the air levels. As they have the least affordable mechanism to tackle this and this is more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. By the year 2030, about 250,000 deaths will be contributed by the climate change alone.