“Being poor makes you incredibly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In fact, **being poor makes you vulnerable to almost any crisis**. When you live close to the poverty line, you are just one shock away from being pushed below it. If you already live under the poverty line, you live with the constant stress that the smallest shock could be the last straw. ([Location 1860](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=1860))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[resilience]], [[anti-fragility]], [[just-transition]], [[climate-change]], [[carbon-price]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]