2009 is a huge year

Think Make Poverty History, Live8 and 2005, only bigger. Like 2005, when global poverty was high on the agenda at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, it’s a year of unprecedented opportunity. It’s our biggest chance of achieving a global answer to an urgent, global problem: climate change.

Because climate change costs lives. It makes life for people in the poorest regions of the world unbearable. It takes their jobs, their homes, and their food. It’s a man-made disaster for which the most vulnerable people are least responsible.

December 2009 is the key date, when governments meet in Copenhagen to finalise a massive climate deal. We need them to act decisively, and do all they can to stop global warming, and its devastating effect on some of the world's poorest people. That means cutting emissions drastically, and supporting those worst affected.

So this is our big moment, and we know the biggest change will happen if we work together – it always does. So keep buying stuff, volunteering in shops, donating and putting pressure on your politicians. And we'll keep working with people who are already fighting the effects of climate change. Together we can push for a fair deal in Copenhagen.

We can change the way the world works, and make sure the poorest people get justice.

Just THINK BIG.