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On the weekend of the 16-18th of October Wales/Africa community linking projects came together with Oxfam Cymru to stand up against poverty in Llandrindod Wales. Oxfam Cymru supporters throughout Wales wrote to their MP joining over 170 million people world wide taking action to tackle poverty.

In the year 2000, world leaders made a promise to halve extreme global poverty by 2015, by working towards the Millennium Development Goals. The weekend of the 16th-18th of October coincides with the UN World Day for the Eradication of Poverty when people worldwide reflect on the progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals and call for increased action.

In order to achieve these goals, it is vital that the UK government retains the commitment to 0.7% of national income being spent on aid by 2013. That aid must also be used solely in the fight against poverty and nothing else.

Yet the effectiveness of this commitment will be undermined if climate change is not prevented, as rising temperatures cause droughts, floods and causing disease to spread further among the world's poorest people. It is vital that the UK government commits to a real cut in C02 emissions of at least 40% by 2020 - not a pretend cut in which the UK 'offsets' its emissions. This must be in addition to supporting developing countries towards low carbon development.

The world's poorest people do not have a voice in UK politics, yet their lives and livelihoods often depend on the decisions of our representatives. That is why campaigners took it upon themselves to put pressure on Welsh MPs to ensure that the laws passed in the UK support the success of the Millennium Development Goals, prevent the worst effects of climate change and support the world's poorest communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change that they are already experiencing.