Abraha Tarraken's wife fills a container with water from a pond, in Tigray, Ethiopia. Some 30 million people of 70 million in Ethiopia live in extreme poverty. Credit: Tomás Abella/Oxfam
The impact of Climate Change on the planet’s water resources
Climate change has a significant impact on the planet’s water resources. If nothing is done to reduce the effects of global warming, it will be disastrous, especially for the world’s poorest people.
Here are some cases where poverty is linked to the lack of access to water: