Mary Robinson: World's poorest pay the price for our emissions

UN envoy Mary Robinson has called for schoolchildren to be taught more about how their lives directly impact climate change.

At the end of a trip to Ethiopia, which has suffered its most severe drought in half a century, the former president of Ireland said youngsters born today will live through a potentially existential crisis.

The east African nation is among the countries worst affected by climate change — a devastating reality aggravated by the recurring misery of the El Nino weather system that disrupts and stops vital rains in the tropics.