Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 08/2009

Suffering the Science: Climate change, people, and poverty

Alex Renton

July 2009

Oxfam Publishing

Abstract

'Suffering the Science' combines the latest scientific observations on climate change, with evidence from the communities Oxfam works with in almost 100 countries around the world, to reveal how the changing climate is already hitting poor people hard. The report outlines evidence of how climate change is affecting every issue linked to poverty and development from access to food and water to health and security. It warns that without immediate action 50 years of development gains in poor countries will be permanently lost.