Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage?

Question

PASSAGE

Climate change is already making many people hungry all over the world, by disrupting crop yields and pushing up prices. And it is not just food but nutrients that are becoming scarcer as the climate changes. It is the poorest communities that will suffer the worst effects of climate change, including increased hunger and malnutrition as crop production and livelihoods are threatened. On the other hand, poverty is a driver of climate change, as desperate communities resort to unsustainable use of resources to meet current needs.

Which among the following is the most logical corollary to the above passage? 

(a) Government should allocate more funds to poverty alleviation programmes and increase food subsidies to the poor communities.

(b) Poverty and climate impacts reinforce each other and therefore we have to re-imagine our food systems. 

(c) All the countries of the world must unite in fighting poverty malnutrition and treat poverty as a global problem. 

(d) We must stop unsustainable agricultural practices immediately and control food prices.

Answer 1

(b) A corollary is a proposition that follows from one already proved. (b) is the most appropriate as the passage clearly states that poverty and climate impacts reinforce each other. Poverty leads to climate deterioration (due to unsustainable use of resources, refer last line) and climate change leads to poverty.

(a) and (c) are wrong as they talk about poverty alleviation, increase in food subsidies, etc. in alienation. They have got nothing to do with climate change.

(d) is wrong as it suggests solution to curb climate change (stop unsustainable agricultural practices) and poverty (control food prices). It does not talk about their inter-dependence.