Diverting Aid for Climate Risks Children, Oxfam Says

(Bloomberg) — Diverting overseas aid from economic development to fight global warming may threaten the lives of at least 4.5 million children in the poorest nations, the anti-poverty group Oxfam said.

Pledges made by the 27-nation European

Union

and various donors to help the developing world adapt to higher sea levels and droughts brought on by rising temperatures must not be funded from overseas aid budgets, according to a 32-page report published today by the non-profit organization, whose roots lie in Britain

Oxfam