Oxfam America sponsored the historic event in Addis Ababa, which brought together about 400 participants from the government, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and the UN. Each discussed how best to work together to articulate, document, and share the responsibilities around developing Ethiopia’s national policy on climate change.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, called on all organizations in the country to join the National Climate Change Forum, which Oxfam helped establish to coordinate institutions in addressing droughts, floods, reduced crops, and an increase in illnesses like malaria and HIV/AIDS.
"However unjust it might be we have to adapt or die. We can only succeed to adapt to climate change if we fight poverty effectively and generate the resources needed for the purpose,” Zenawi said.
You can show your support for a pro-poor solution to climate change by signing Oxfam International's petition or by joining an Oxfam Action Corps near you.
“Here is the painful reality: Even if we completely stopped all harmful emission of greenhouse gas pollutants tomorrow, the damage from the emissions already up in the atmosphere will run its course for the next 50 years or more ... we must move forward on adaptation,” said Janet McKinley, chairwoman of Oxfam America. “Oxfam is fighting hard to ensure that the poorest nations have the necessary funding and technology to do so.”
You can show your support for a pro-poor solution to climate change by signing Oxfam International's petition or by joining an Oxfam Action Corps near you.
