ETHIOPIA: Poverty hampers climate change adaptation, says PM
ADDIS ABABA, 16 January 2009 (IRIN): Poverty poses a major obstacle for farmers in Ethiopia to adapt to climate change, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Thursday.
– The poor do not have the necessary technology and resources, in terms of money and so on, to be able to change and adapt, Meles told a national climate change conference in Addis Ababa.
-The injustice of the whole issue of global warming and climate change lies in the fact that those who have contributed nothing to its genesis will suffer the most from its consequences because they have the least capacity to adapt to these changes, he noted, adding:
– 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.
– Climate change is thus an additional reason why sustained and fast economic growth is a matter of life and death for our country.
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