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Tell the candidates: Help the poor adapt to climate change

During the presidential primaries, the candidates have all discussed how they will tackle climate change. Unfortunately no one is talking about those most affected by climate change—poor people in the US and in developing countries.

Climate change is happening right now. Developing countries, which have played little to no role in this crisis, are suffering the consequences of global warming right now—more intense storms, flooding, droughts, crop failures, water shortages, and disease outbreaks. They need help from the next president of the US, and that's where we need your help.

Poor people around the world are suffering from the dramatic effects of climate change right now. We need strong leadership from our next president to make sure we do our part in helping them adapt to their changing climate.

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The Presidential candidates

The next president needs to address this problem head-on by doing the following:

1) Committing the US to reducing its global warming pollution to a level consistent with limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius over preindustrial levels;

2) Dedicating new and sufficient funding to help developing countries adapt to climate change impacts such as flooding, droughts, crop failures, and disease;

3) Shifting subsidies for fossil fuels like oil and coal to support clean energy solutions;

4) Engaging constructively in international negotiations and committing the US to mandatory targets to reduce global warming pollution.

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