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G8 and G20 will be judged for what you do, not what you say tonight

Those of us who implored world leaders to take climate change seriously breathed a sigh of relief earlier this week when the Canadian government has finally listened to the requests, after much pressure from environmentalists, the Nobel Peace and progressive country, asking to put climate change on the agendas of both the G8 and G20.

Campaigners from all over the world, they were stunned by the first indications that climate change would have been totally ignored by the top. Even the former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has implored leaders 'send strong signals' so that the next meeting for negotiations on the climate in Mexico has a chance of success.

This is great news: Climate must stay on top of the global agenda. The G8 and G20 are the first major opportunities presented to world leaders to discuss the change Copenhagen climate after the disappointment of last year.

It 'clear that the leaders during the test is not based on saying the words' climate change' or not but on what you decide to do about it. The success of the meeting should be held ambition of the actions proposed by the leaders: will go ahead with the commitments already made in Copenhagen to provide the money needed to tackle climate change? Will make every effort to ensure that this money will not be diverted from other priorities of development aid?


Oxfam Calls on G8:
• Provide $ 30 billion pledged for climate by 2012
• Making progress towards the authoring of a Climate Fund that is fair and sufficient funding to ensure long-term
• To ensure that no looting of aid budgets already allocated to help poor countries to tackle climate change

Finding the money needed to tackle climate change is actually easier than you might think. There are new mechanisms by which to raise funds, such as the tax on financial transactions, which could provide not only necessary but a lot more.

The G8 and G20 will be judged on actions and decisions we make. Words alone are not enough!