Answer:
Poverty alleviation is necessary because people who live in poverty can i) more easily circumvent existing controls because of their marginal status; ii) receive low-quality education that is not in tune to present global dilemmas surrounding the environment; iii) lack access to technologies that help for more sustainable practices; and iv) if left unchecked and unstrategized, disadvantaged populations may take up the same lifestyle choices like overconsumption as the middle class and upper classes but these lifestyles are not sustainable because of how much of a carbon footprint they leave.
Step-by-step explanation:
Poverty alleviation is necessary for sustainable development because the lack of resources can lead people to overexploit resources and circumvent existing controls in search of sustenance and livelihood. Also where there is a lot of poverty and extreme poverty the levels of education tend to be low and thus there is more tendency to exploit local resources and to use them unsustainably because the concept of sustainable development seems irrelevant or far removed from the daily realities of the poor. Poverty is a complex multidimensional problem but basic social protections need to exist for those who lack the resources so that hunger and other dehumanizing aspects of poverty do not undermine the environment and efforts to make development more sustainable.