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Prof. John C. Mutter Deputy Director The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Human Well-being and The State of the Planet Can the Earth Sciences Help Alleviate Global Poverty?. Prof. John C. Mutter Deputy Director The Earth Institute at Columbia University. Can our science help people like this ……. Three part case for the co-dependence of

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Prof. John C. Mutter Deputy Director The Earth Institute at Columbia University

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  1. Human Well-being and The State of the Planet Can the Earth Sciences Help Alleviate Global Poverty? Prof. John C. Mutter Deputy Director The Earth Institute at Columbia University

  2. Can our science help people like this ……

  3. Three part case for the co-dependence of human well-being and the state of the planet • Natural disasters preferentially imperil the poor • Small variations around the norm in poor countries can act like disasters in rich countries • There is a global ecology of human well-being

  4. Disasters and the poorest Does this have to be?

  5. Disaster mortality risk from combined hazards (World Bank Hot Spots: Dilley, Chen, Lerner-Lam et al)

  6. Income per person, PPP (1998)

  7. Infant Mortality

  8. What is the Human Development Index (HDI)? A summary composite index that measures a country's average achievements in three basic aspects of human development: LONGEVITY -- life expectancy at birth; KNOWLEDGE -- a combination of the adult literacy rate and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrolment ratio; STANDARD of LIVING -- GDP per capita (Adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity, PPP, in US$). HDI is a more comprehensive measure of deprivation than income.

  9. Aggregate Natural Disasters Source UNDP 2004

  10. Three part case for the co-dependence of human well-being and the state of the planet • Natural disasters preferentially imperil the poor • Small variations around the norm in poor countries can act like disasters in rich countries • There is a global ecology of human well-being

  11. Climate variability and Malaria risk

  12. Three part case for the co-dependence of human well-being and the state of the planet • Natural disasters preferentially imperil the poor • Small variations around the norm in poor countries can act like disasters in rich countries • There is a global ecology of human well-being

  13. Income per person, PPP (1998)

  14. Income per person, PPP (1998)

  15. GDP per capita as a function of latitude. Poverty has a latitudinal dependence (J. Sachs)

  16. Flood vulnerability

  17. Flood disaster economic losses Flood disaster mortality

  18. Cyclone vulnerability

  19. Earthquake vulnerability

  20. Drought vulnerability

  21. Conflict and Drought

  22. Disaster Mortality risk is a proxy for poverty

  23. Can our science help people like this …… ……. I hope so.

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