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Using Special Drawing Rights for Climate Finance
ActionAid Launches a New Discussion Paper: Using Special Drawing Rights for Climate Finance
The Copenhagen Accord
The Copenhagen climate conference failed to address the rights of poor communities. ActionAid will continue to engage with governments, in the US and beyond, and with our supporters to help achieve a just and effective climate deal that protects the rights of the world’s poor. Learn More and Take Action now.
ActionAid Briefs Senate on Climate Change and Food Security
ActionAid urges the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee to increase funding for the world's poorest countries in the face of shifting weather patterns caused by climate change.
Prospect of a Just Climate Deal Hanging by a Thread
When world leaders met in Bangkok, Thailand, to continue negotiating a global climate agreement, one thing became abundantly clear: the prospects of a just climate deal are hanging by a thread. If an equitable deal is not struck soon, the possibility of escape from poverty for millions of people across the globe will be further threatened.
ActionAid Proposes a New Climate Finance Mechanism
In the absence of equitable funding channels for adaptation, world leaders must create a new fund to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of climate change, ActionAid says.
A Community Threatened, a Response That Works
The people of Charipara, a small village in Bangladesh, are among those experiencing the impacts of climate change: extreme flooding; droughts; and sea level rise. ActionAid is working with community members to identify their most urgent adaptation needs and to support their solutions. Read more about the village of Charipara and how one family is taking on the challenge of climate change.
Asiya Deserves a Better Climate Change Bill
The House of Representatives has passed its first climate change legislative plan. However, the bill doesn’t go far enough to make the changes that are needed. Now is the time to let your Senators know that you want a bill which truly helps poor people in developing countries adapt to a changing climate.
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United Nations Climate Change Conference, Nusa Dua - Bali, Indonesia, 3-14 December 2007.
