Make the Link

climate change and poverty

The Millennium Development Goals will be an unachievable aspiration if climate change is not tackled.

World leaders need to make the link between climate change and poverty and:

  • take strong action on climate change by immediately adopting stringent policies to reduce emissions so that the rise in global temperature is kept well below 2°C.
  • ensure that significant funds over and above committed development assistance are put in place in order to provide sufficient resources for adaptation for the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the world.

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The Millennium Development Goals will be an unachievable aspiration if climate change is not tackled. With climate change, poverty will not be made history, but will become permanent. World leaders need to make the link between climate change and poverty. Read online or download PDF (2Mb)

DFID making the link? January 2009
Our campaign urging the government to Make the Link between climate change and poverty is bearing fruit. In January we were pleased to learn that the Department for International Development is creating a new Centre for Climate and Development Research. We will be keeping an eye on progress.

Gordon gets the message? 15 September 2008
Practical Action campaigners paid a visit to 10 Downing Street to urge Gordon Brown to 'make the link' between climate change and poverty, and its impact on the world meeting the UN Millennium Development Goals.