Questions and answers on Oxfam and climate change Lost in a
swamp of questions about climate change? We've put together some
questions and answers to help explain why it's an issue Oxfam is
working on. Why is Oxfam campaigning on climate change? At
Oxfam, we are passionate about ending poverty – yet our work is
being increasingly undermined by changes in the world’s climate.
For poor people, who are dependent on predictable weather
patterns, the damage brought about to land and crops – whether
by increased flooding, droughts, or rising sea level rises – can
mean no food, no earnings, and no way to secure a better future.
It's not going to happen for years and years, so why bother now?
Climate change is happening now. It is real and it is already
having a devastating impact on the world’s poorest people. While
we can’t yet pin any single weather event on climate change,
what we’re seeing – like the recent floods in Pakistan, Benin
and elsewhere – matches climate change predictions made by the
Intergovernmental