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Ben Margolis – Carbon and Poverty Reduction


Ben Margolis of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty group emphasises the urgency of COP 21 as poor people, in particular, are already dying due to climate change. The richest countries need to take historic emissions into account in their decisions. The impact of cutting out fossil fuels entirely, however attractive this might be, would be devastating for poor countries whose GDP is largely dependent on the sale of fossil fuels

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