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Climate change
We have made no contribution [to climate change], but suffer the highest impact...the global nation states, must take action. If not we'll be calling it climatic genocide. 
Atik Rahman, Bangladesh
Climate change is the greatest crisis facing humanity. Whilst rich countries are responsible for most of the emissions pumped into the atmosphere it is the poorest, most marginalised communities in the world that will be hit the hardest by climate change. Millions are at threat from famine, disease, drought, flooding and ultimately death.
But this disaster can be avoided and we can all play an important part.
WDM is calling on the UK government to take action to reduce the UK’s emissions and show the rest of the world that it can be done.
It is time to stop climate injustice.
Take action on climate change.
Campaign success
One of our asks for the new climate change bill is for it to include annual targets for emissions reduction.
The government have tabled an amendment to the Bill to have an indicative range for emissions reductions for each year. The exact range of the range is to be defined; but Ministers have indicated it will be designed simply to account for variations that are hard to control - like a cold winter.
You can still help us achieve an even stronger climate change bill by taking action
Campaign success
Following our climate change campaign, in late 2007 the government announced that it would replace air passenger duty with an environmental tax on planes. For the first time taxes on aviation will be linked to carbon dioxide emissions.
WDM supporters sent thousands of postcards and emails to the government calling for a tax on flights, and WDM local groups have held publicity stunts across the country to highlight the deadly impact climate change has on the worlds’ poor and the need to address emissions from aviation.
The challenge for the UK government is now to set the tax on planes at a high enough rate to halt the growth in aviation emissions. Read more
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