Climate Action Must Contribute to Poverty Eradication

Four ATD Fourth World representatives, Solal Billon, Lou Borderie, Virgina Pintó Muñoz, and Bruno Rakedjian, are attending the international conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany from 5 to 15 June. They are doing so to remind States of their previous climate change commitments regarding poverty eradication.

As stated in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, the eradication of poverty is an integral part of climate action. This was reiterated in the Glasgow Climate Pact. This agreement recognizes:

“the need to ensure just transitions that promote sustainable development and eradication of poverty, and the creation of decent work and quality jobs.”

ATD would like States to remember that the first Sustainable Development Goal aim is to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere.”

The objective of the ATD Fourth World representatives is to request States to implement concretely their commitments in the negotiations that will take place in Bonn; especially concerning the global stocktake of each country, funding of loss and damage, and the implementation of just transition.

Since 2015, ATD Fourth World has promoted five key climate action recommendations:

• place a special emphasis on the bottom 20% to make sure that no one is left behind,
• tackle climate change together with people in poverty,
  ensure that climate change finance focuses on the most vulnerable populations,
• implement social protection floors,
• ensure that people in poverty can benefit from training and job creation in the context of transitioning to a green economy.

For more details read, ATD Fourth World’s Bonn Conference position paper: