Children did not cause climate change yet are most vulnerable to its effects - through malnutrition, disease and poverty. It doesn't have to be this way.
Samuel, 14, from Kenya explains:
"Climate change is affecting us and, in the future if we are not involved, we will live in a desert."
Children need help to adapt to the effects of climate change so we've been asking the UK Government to take action.
Thank you to everyone who signed our Get Children Climate Ready petition. Our petition called on the UK Government to raise the billions needed to help children in less developed countries adapt to the effects of climate change through a Robin Hood Tax and a tax on dirty shipping and aviation fuels, also known as bunker taxes.
Good news on bunker taxes but more to do on Robin Hood
Thanks in part to your campaigning, you've helped get the Robin Hood Tax - a small tax on the financial sector which would raise billions to tackle poverty and climate change - high on the international political agenda. However, the UK Government unfortunately lags behind other countries on the Robin Hood Tax, so we'll need your help next year to keep up the pressure.
Your campaigning this year has also contributed to the UK Government showing their support for taxing dirty shipping fuels. Ahead of the UN climate change talks in Durban, Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said in a debate in the House of Commons: "I certainly believe that a levy (a bunker fuels duty) is one potential way of raising the finance necessary". This is good news.
Although the idea of a tax on shipping fuels has gained some support from the UK Government and others, consensus around a tax on aviation fuels is not as widespread. These new ways to raise money will be on the agenda at the next G20, in June 2012. So watch this space for more updates about how you can help.
