Since the beginning of civilization,a proposed a great issues within populations. This inequality divides countries by creating hierarchies and. splitting the people into social class, whether it on. income, health, or even race. Social inequality can be defined as unequal opportunities and rewards given to people in different positions or groups. Countries such as Brazil, Haiti, and South Africa have been deemed as some of the most unequal nations in the world. These territories have also a direct link with financial and developmental problems. On the other hand, countries such as Ukraine, Britain, and Slovenia have been marked as countries with the most equality. There is also a correlation with the financial and development of these countries in a positive form.
One country known to have extremes within the margins of health and social inequality is Brazil. Although this nation has struggled with the problems of inequality, recently they have made great strides to reduce the amount of social segregation in the country. The goals and accomplishments of Brazil have been made in the realm of gaining nearly universal health coverage, spreading community-based primary care, and providing a strong conditional cash transfer program (Landmann-Szwarcwald and Macinko, 2016). The theory of income inequality being related to the health of the population
Looking at this from the perspective of LDCs, many different viewpoints upon this topic arise. A blog about the difficulties the state of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, faces shows one reason a country might not believe that climate change is something to be prioritized. Simply put, Haiti is struggling with rebuilding their society after facing great natural disasters. The blog states, “the last comprehensive data available from 1998 showed that only 2 percent of the national forest cover remained,” which was only further exacerbated by the 2010 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Now the main issue to deal with, is how they can restore their countries environment. However, this cannot be dealt with directly, instead, the main priority is going towards invigorating the countries economy and incentivizing farmers into adopting techniques which can in turn improve the environment which has been destroyed by the combination of natural disaster, as well as the dependence people have for wood as an energy source. In the end, effectively dealing with this problem is easier said than done, as “Smukler noted that reforesting is both labor-intensive and costly, and because it takes 3 to 5 years before realizing any financial returns, it is not easy to devise incentives that will persuade the locals to plant trees” (Cho, 2011). Vijay Modi proposes one solution to this issue, utilizing a “biomass As with individual income, the assumption that the median income of small areas measures material consumption rather than social relativities is unwarranted. Differences in median income between small areas are components of the income inequality of the larger areas. Choosing smaller areas converts variance, which would be income inequality in larger areas, into what is naively taken to be absolute income. Hence associations between income inequality and health tend to be strongest in larger areas and weakest in smaller areas, while the opposite is true of associations between median income and health.
Poor social affiliations and low status carry high population attributable risks. More unequal societies not only suffer more relative deprivation but tend to have lower rates of trust and of community involvement and—as over 40 studies show—more violence. More unequal socie
gasification plant” in order to produce electricity using sustainably grown wood as a feedstock, which would in turn incentivize farmers to plant more trees which they could sell to the gasification plant. In contrast, another LDC, Liberia, realizes the risks they face in achieving the goals they have proposed sustainable development if they do not take proper climate action. They came to the enlightenment of the fact that “there is a high level of dependence on climate-sensitive activities, such as rain-fed agriculture” (UN Development Programme 2018). This dependence makes them extremely vulnerable to the variability of the climate and its changes; they cannot react appropriately to increased temperatures, more extreme weather events, and rising sea levels.
Taking an approach at this from the perspective of some BRICSs countries, many other viewpoints which build upon the ideas that the countries of some LDCs present themselves, as well as new ideologies. An article about the changing of attitudes in the state of Brazil, shows another major reason as to why a country might not take action against climate change and why it is not something to be prioritized. Simply put, Brazil is facing much change after changes in their government. Their president is now completely revamping policy and going backwards after years of progress they had priorly made. The blog states, “the last comprehensive data available from 1998 showed that only 2 percent of the national forest cover remained”(Cho 2011), which was only further exacerbated by the 2010 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Now the main issue to deal with, is how they can restore their countries environment. However this cannot be dealt with directly, instead, the main priority is going towards invigorating the countries economy and incentivizing farmers into adopting techniques which can in turn improve the environment which has been destroyed by the combination of natural disaster, as well as the dependence people have for wood as an energy source. In the end, effectively dealing with this problem is easier said than done, as “Smukler noted that reforesting is both labor-intensive and costly, and because it takes 3 to 5 years before realizing any financial returns, it is not easy to devise incentives that will persuade the locals to plant trees” (Cho 2011).
Vijay Modi proposes one solution to this issue, utilizing a “biomass gasification plant” in order to produce electricity using sustainably grown wood as a feedstock, which would in turn incentivize farmers to plant more trees which they could sell to the gasification plant. In contrast, another BRICS country, The fact that health is more closely related to income in developed societies than to differences in income between them suggests effects of relative income or social status.2 But if income distribution has its main effect through differences in social status, and individual income (or education) is a proxy for individual social status, controlling income distribution for individual income makes little sense.3 It is a difference without a distinction, and more status equality is likely to improve average health. China, they realize the importance of effectively making efforts towards making a movement towards climate action. Public opinion even reflects this, as the majority of the citizens agree with the fact that there needs to be changes made to the methods China uses towards development. They came to the enlightenment of the fact that “there is a high level of dependence on climate-sensitive activities, such as rain-fed agriculture” (UN Development Programme 2018). This dependence makes them extremely vulnerable to the variability of the climate and its changes; they cannot react appropriately to increased temperatures, more extreme weather events, and rising sea levels.
