‘Because of the saltwater, we have to suffer hardship just to survive. We can’t even wash our own vegetables or fish with the water. If you wash anything with it and then leave it, you’ll see it goes black.’ Minu Basar, Kayabunia village, Bagerhat District, Bangladesh

Minu Basar (second from left) with others from a village water council supported by Christian Aid partner BCAS in Bangladesh.

The effects of climate change are already impacting our fragile planet, and the fragile lives depending on it. Climate change hurts the poorest people in world; those who have done the least cause it. Scientists tell us that we must prevent global temperatures from rising 2°C above today's global average if we are to prevent; acute water shortages for 1-3 billion people – that’s a fifth to three-fifths of humanity; sea levels increasing by up to 95cm by 2100, which will submerge 18% of Bangladesh, 40-60 million more people exposed to malaria in Africa and 30 million more people going hungry as agricultural yields diminish across the globe.

SPEAK is campaigning with Christian Aid and the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition to stop this! This December world leaders meet in Copenhagen for historic UN climate summit. We need them to commit to a strong and fair deal for the worlds poor.

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