Oxfam warning over Nepal climate

» By wizzy3 | the 08-28-2009 at 10:49 | 44 views (19 unique) | 1 comment | Report post!

International aid agency Oxfam has warned that millions of rural poor in Nepal could face hunger as a result of climate change.
A report says that poor harvests, water shortages and extreme temperatures will put pressure on millions of Nepalis already living below the poverty line.
Nepal is only just emerging from a decade-long civil conflict.
The report comes ahead of a summit in the capital, Kathmandu, on the threat of climate change to the Himalayas.
Millions of people are dependent on the water which flows from the mountains.
It is also just 100 days until world leaders come together to discuss a new global climate change treaty in Copenhagen in December.
Nepal has experienced its driest winter in 40 years, followed by late and unpredictable monsoon rains, and this has meant the land is more susceptible to erosion.
But the prolonged drought has had a bigger impact.

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arthurdillo
the 08-28-2009 at 14:01

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Like many other places seasonal factor afect their livelyhoods - these have always happened and will always happen - you could argue either way that man has change the frequency in some way - but of course when Europe was under an ice age man was a very little blip in the environmental scheme of things.

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