Poverty rampant as climate change problems increase

THE world has failed to limit poverty and has instead increased the problems caused by climate change, a major European Union conference heard yesterday.

The stark statement was issued by the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, at the EU Development Days conference in Stockholm.

He said bailouts had been provided to organisations which had caused climate change problems, instead of the money being spent on those who have scant access to water and energy.