Powerful Nations Withhold Climate Aid, Trample World's Poor (Sydney Morning Herald)

Oct. 6, 2010 (Sydney Morning Herald) -- The global aid group Oxfam says the world's poorest countries are missing out on aid earmarked for climate change programs at the expense of emerging superpowers China, India and Brazil.

Oxfam's analysis finds one-third of international money aimed at climate programs went to the three major emerging nations, while the world's poorest 49 countries got just one-eighth.

The findings come from an Oxfam briefing analysing climate change aid controlled by the Global Environment Facility between 1991 and 2010.

The poorest 49 countries were given $450 million in climate aid out of $3.5 billion available. China, India and Brazil received $1.2 billion between them from the same pool.

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