Despite not being responsible for most of the pollution leading to climate change, poorer countries suffer its most severe impacts, either in terms of extreme weather events or slow-onset impacts like desertification. These effects are likely to become more severe in future.
ActionAid and the Global Platforms Network focuses on climate justice and equity, recognising the responsibility of wealthy countries to lead rapid climate action, and supporting developing countries to cope with climate impacts and transition to greener pathways. Working with vulnerable people and communities around the world, we help them to make their livelihoods, food, homes and safety more resilient to climate change.
In April 2024, a Global Week of Climate Justice mobilizations took place, bringing together hundreds of thousands of people across the world in coordinated actions to hold governments, UN climate talks, private banks, the IMF, the World Bank, multilateral development banks – those that hold the purse strings – to account. The focus? #FixTheFinance
#FixTheFinance. We all want climate action. But to solve the climate crisis that is pushing our planet to the brink, we need to fix the world’s finance flows. Far more of the world’s money is still flowing to the causes of the climate crisis, than to the solutions. Let’s face it – the climate crisis is really about money. Harmful money, helpful money, too much money going to the wrong things, or too little money going to the right things. Money flows connect North and South, harmful corporations and local communities, crises and solutions. This is the year that we collectively boost our call to governments and banks to fix the finance flows that are failing the planet.
The money needs to start flowing towards just solutions instead that protect our planet. Read more here: Briefings on Climate Justice and Finance, containing one page explainer briefings for the #FixTheFinance mobilisations
In September 2024, we join forces with once again with millions around the world in another Global Week of Action for Finance and a Fossil Free Future! From September 13 to 20, we will take to the streets and online to demand the phaseout of fossil fuels and payment of climate reparations!
As we head towards COP 29, the issues of climate finance and a fossil fuel phaseout towards a just energy transition are ever more critical for climate action. The upcoming UN General Assembly, the UN Summit of the Future and the Global Renewables Summit all taking place one after the other in September 2024 provide an important opportunity to reiterate our demands and escalate public pressure to compel governments, international institutions and corporations to listen and take action. Find out more about how to get involved!
#PayUp #EndFossilFuels