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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!

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more than 1 billion people go to bed hungry

families in the district of Liben days in Ethiopia today face shortages of all types - rain, pasture, food. From last year's drought, combined with the significant increase in food prices, entire communities have been faced with the burden of hunger. In Ethiopia, hunger affects more than 8 million people constantly.
and East Africa and the Sahel, at least 10 million people face a food crisis because of erratic rains, leading to a poor harvest that has a shortage of water. These rains are becoming dangerous, unfortunately, more common as a result direct climate change.
"The drought is like fire," said one of the elders from Ethiopia. "It destroyed every house."

Women are affected more than
are more women than men to suffer from hunger, yet women are part of the solution. They produce between 60% and 80% of food in countries Developing, and have a key role in feeding their families and their communities. But the rural women often lack equal access to land, water, markets, credit, and they are left alone to fight the impacts climate change.

What's on the agenda at the Summit of G8/G20?
This week, leaders of the G8 and G20 meet in Canada, the other part of the world from East Africa and Ethiopia, to discuss the most pressing issues - including, how to tackle global hunger.
We live in a world that has the capacity to produce enough food for all - and yet, more than one billion people worldwide are chronically malnourished. This number is increasing by 800 million only two years ago. The dramatic increase in hunger in recent years is the result of both the peak of food prices in 2008 that the economic crisis that followed.
Families must make decisions very hard to be able to bring some food on the table - decisions like removing the children from school, sell their only cow or abandon the treatment. Every day, over 25,000 people die from hunger-related causes. This is simply unacceptable!

Promises, promises . But the global leader shell out the money?
In 2000, world leaders pledged to halve the number of people suffering from hunger by 2015. Unless world leaders should increase their efforts seriously, do not even come close to this goal.
the G8 and G20, we would expect a significant amount of money on the table. Why no one should go hungry.

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no furniture and bins on the street - Toronto is ready for the G8 summit / G20

I arrived in Toronto, Canada, to carry on the work of Oxfam's campaigning during the summits G8/G20 July 25 to 27. We have a lot planned so be updated!

Before you meet with the G8, in what has been nicknamed 'the Muskoka Summit' for about a day. Then the G20, which will meet in Toronto for another day and a half. The G8 has a broad agenda of issues to be covered, such as maternal health, security, terrorism, etc.. The G20 finance and instead focus on the global economic recovery.

Toronto are already putting up a fence and all the "moving targets" such as boxes, frames removable furniture, etc. have been removed in the name of security. The activists come from all over the world to ensure that their voice is heard. But maybe you're wondering why should you care yet another summit between powerful men?

1. Promises, promises, promises . Rich countries have made promises in the past, and we need to maintain it. They promised aid (0.7% of GDP), have pledged money to fight hunger, have promised to invest in maternal health and child pornography, have pledged money to the climate. We are here to expose what really happens behind those closed doors, tell and tell you what you can do to TU to ensure that your voice is heard.

2. Climate change - it is a secondary show. This is the first major opportunity for world leaders to discuss climate change in Copenhagen in December last year, where they have failed to provide the world with the right deal, ambitious and binding on climate change, it desperately needs. Currently, the godfather of the vertices, the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is downplaying the importance of global climate despite pressure - he considers it a "show secondary." We are not in agreement. Climate change is threatening millions of the poorest people at this time and must be the beginning and the main part of any political discussion. A key piece of the puzzle that climate change is to ensure that the money begins to flow toward those who need it most, now .

3. But what is $ 1 billion really? The Canadian context highlights some interesting questions about how money is spent and how it should be spent. Canada will spend $ 1 billion safely to the summit three days (last year the G20 summit in London have cost only $ 30 million). $ 1 billion is also the part which Oxfam considers 'appropriate' for a country like Canada, as a contribution to the $ 30 billion of the infamous Fast Start, finance, money that has already been promised to the climate over the next three years . In addition, Canada spends about $ 2 billion year in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, fueling climate change. Do you think it makes sense? I do not think so.

4. Wait, but why not invest in the future? Canada is strongly against the introduction of the financial transactions tax (FTT), a very small fee which may help in collecting hundreds of billions of dollars (please, do the comparison with the number above!), we believe that money should be used to fight poverty at home and abroad to combat climate change. You can read more here and here and sign the petition here

So, what you can do NOW?

• not change the channel and keep an eye on our digital center for the latest news, pictures and more. Tweet, write your own blog, calls and pass the word! You can find out even more here
• Sign with your name : sign all petitions that you can on climate, poverty and the global economy. We will collect all names from all over the world for the 'handover' to Canada - the numbers are the sum! begins here

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not drop the ball Aid (Ian Sullivan)

I love football. I also love working for Oxfam. They are two of my greatest passions and I assure you that I can be quite set in that regard. Despite being able to remember that club Everton won the Cup Winners' Cup in the 80's are more than just a set of the ball. Football connects people around the world, but there are many opportunities to use it in my work.
This summer, though, there's the World Cup - a global football festival that will capture the attention of the whole world. This will generate passion and enthusiasm on a massive scale. In addition to ensuring the spotlight on Africa.
We wanted to turn this into something that can really change the world. We wanted to get in touch with the fans and supporters of Oxfam around the world and give them a chance to express themselves in a meaningful way. So, we decided to create a massive game of 'juggling' and say to our politicians 'Do not drop the ball of aid'.
Get a balloon and a camera and filmed juggling without dropping the ball. Whether you get one, two or twenty of your rallies will be part of a chain amazing video, which will connect people around the world who are interested in the fight against poverty.
There is no need to be good, check out our video http://www.dontdropaid.org/
show your videos to world leaders at the Conference on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of Nations New York in September. The MDGs have the power to revolutionize the lives of people in poor countries. In fact 10 years ago, world leaders signed the 8 goals, pledging to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015.
Unfortunately, rich countries are not providing any money for this aid as vital, necessary to transform the objectives in reality, and the conference in September with your rallies - can restart this vital development.
So what are you waiting for, take a ball and movies. We provide a powerful reminder to prompt him to keep promises on aid - and of course to test your skills with the ball!
And if you want to understand because I work for Oxfam instead of playing for Everton, check out my video! http://www.dontdropaid.org/video/41/