06 July 2009 Source: Oxfam Australia As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd heads off to major international meetings with climate change high on the agenda this week, a new report reveals that seasons which were once distinct are shifting, destroying harvests and causing widespread hunger. This is just one of the multiple impacts of climate change taking their toll on the world's poorest people, according to the Oxfam report 'Suffering the Science - Climate Change, People and Poverty'. The report's release comes ahead of the G8 Summit in Italy (which starts Wednesday) and the Combining the latest scientific observations on climate change with evidence from the "Climate change is the central poverty issue of our times," said Oxfam Australia climate policy "In Australia, we are staring down the barrel of greater droughts, more extreme fire days, and the prospect of diseases such as dengue fever expanding into new regions because of climate change. Such impacts are already being felt by people in developing countries." The report warns that, without immediate action, 50 years of development gains in poor countries will be permanently lost. It predicts that climate-related hunger could be the defining human tragedy of this century. Suffering the Science outlines evidence of how climate change is affecting every issue linked to poverty and development today, including:
A survey of top climate scientists, also published by Oxfam today, said poor people living in lowlying coastal areas, island atolls in the Pacific, mega deltas and farmers throughout the world, are most at risk from climate change because of flooding and prolonged drought. The scientists, all contributors to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), named South Asia and Africa as climate change hotspots. Many scientists are now sceptical as to whether the world can limit global warming to 2°C Professor Diana Liverman, a leading contributor to three IPCC Assessment Reports and a "Organisations like Oxfam can try and help people adapt to climate change but without a serious effort to reduce warming, and in the absence of international funds for adaptation, the food, water, health and livelihoods of millions of people will be at risk," Ms Liverman said. Oxfam Australia is calling for the Australian Government to show leadership in delivering a fair "Australia must show leadership at the UN climate negotiations and contribute to a global climate deal which has the needs of the world's poorest people at its heart," Ms Richards said. For images and personal stories go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ Survey of top climate scientists: 330 scientists who contributed to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report; Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, were invited to take part in an on-line survey. 12.73 per cent of scientists responded. For more information, personal stories and to interview Julie-Anne Richards, Professor Diana Liverman or Oxfam spokespeople across the developing world, please contact: © The Full Story 2009
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