Hungry for Action at the UN Climate Conference

Publisher:
Oxfam International
Publication Date:
29 November 2011
Tags:
Africa, Climate, Environment, International Organizations and Africa

Oxfam is in Durban, South Africa for the latest round of climate negotiations, COP 17. Oxfam kicked off our efforts with a dinner party in the sea to provide a stark illustration of the effects that extreme weather will have on our already creaking food system. Poor people already spend a big proportion of their incomes on food and this will increase if crops fail due to an unpredictable climate.

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