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In Zimbabwe, such children are on average 2.3 cm shorter and may lose 14% of lifetime earnings due to a 0.4 year loss of school life.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000495#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Climate change threatens the four basic 'securities' of poverty reduction strategies: food security (risk of hunger may increase up to 30% by 2080), water security (changing rainfall makes access more difficult), energy security (higher temperatures and less rain make biomass fuel scarcer), and human security (disasters make vulnerable people less secure). These pressures can lead to \"governance breakdowns\".","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000495#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Effective poverty reduction requires integrating adaptation into development planning, moving away from the \"artificial distinction\" between the two. 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