Climate Justice campaign
Climate change is an issue of justice: it hits the world's poorest communities first and hardest
They are already bearing the brunt of droughts, floods and extreme weather conditions, while developed nations use more than their fair share of the Earth's resources.
It's time for us to act. Alongside Catholic agencies worldwide, we're calling for a fair, ambitious and binding climate change deal which puts poor communities at its heart.
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It only takes one minute to... ... email the chancellor for action on climate change. The EU promised €7.2 billon to help poor countries cope with the impacts of climate change - please help make sure they keep their promises. |
It only takes two minutes to... ...tell the PM to Act on Poverty. Inside No.10 is a new Prime Minister with the power to Act on Poverty. But will he? Email David Cameron today and help put global poverty on the new government's agenda. |
It only takes three minutes to... ...join the Big Climate Connection: supporters from more than 100 organisations determined to show MPs that all kinds of people are calling for action on climate change. |
Watch our video from the end of the Copenhagen summit, and leave us YOUR comments about what should happen now |
![Bishop Theotonius Gomes of Bangladesh speaks out for climate justice at the UN climate change talks in Poznan, Poland [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/campaigning/climate/images/bishop-gomes/968198-2-eng-GB/bishop-gomes_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
Climate change is a huge development challenge and threatens to reverse the progress made towards tackling poverty. Read policy reports and briefings on climate change and on this year's UN climate negotiations. |
![Niccollette and Shrirvanie film the aftermath of the Guyanan floods, with support from CAFOD partner Guyana Human Rights Association [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-us/where-we-work/guyana/images/after-guyana-floods/679742-1-eng-GB/after-guyana-floods_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
We want a global climate change deal that puts the world’s poorest people at its heart by:
- Helping people flourish in developing countries by supporting their right to sustainable development. The poorest have done least to cause climate change, they should not be the ones who pay the price.
- Providing necessary support for developing countries – who are hit first and hardest by climate change – to adapt to the impacts of extreme weather. This includes additional aid for adaptation, as well as access to clean, green technology. Industrialised countries must provide US$195 billion each year by 2020 on top of existing aid pledges.
- Tackling the root causes of the problem by cutting emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. Industrialised countries must commit to more than 40 per cent cuts, based on 1990 levels, by 2020.
![Our campaigners make a climate justice pledge [Marcella Haddad]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/take-action/climate/images/cafod-campaigners-make-their-climate-justice-pledge/665046-2-eng-GB/cafod-campaigners-make-their-climate-justice-pledge_0column75_nospace_landscape.jpg)
