Pambazuka News

Africa: Climate change can stoke conflicts, says scientist

2008-04-25

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/environment/47707

Climate change in Africa could leave 250-million more people short of water by 2020, spurring conflicts and threatening stability on the world's poorest continent, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner said on Tuesday. Rajendra K Pachauri, chairperson of the United Nations panel of climate experts who shared the prize with former United States vice-president Al Gore last year, said the responsibility lay with wealthy developed nations to curb their carbon emissions.