Transcript Harvest of Letters Hunger and a Changing Climate

How much does the Government
of Canada spend on Foreign Aid
and Development?
(as % of GDP)
ODA – Overseas Development Assistance
DAC – Development Assistance Committee of the OECD
(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
GNI – Gross National Income
Development Assistance by Country
(in absolute terms in 2012)
United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Germany
4. France
5. Japan
6. Canada
7. Netherlands
8. Australia
9. Sweden
10. Norway
11. Switzerland
1.
$30.46
$13.66
$13.11
$12.00
$10.49
$ 5.68
$ 5.52
$ 5.44
$ 5.24
$ 4.75
$ 3.02
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Denmark
Italy
Belgium
Spain
South Korea
Finland
Austria
Ireland
Portugal
New Zealand
Luxembourg
Greece
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development April 2013
$2.72
$2.64
$2.30
$1.95
$1.55
$1.32
$1.11
$0.81
$0.57
$0.46
$0.43
$0.32
Harvest
of
Letters
Climate
Change
and
Hunger
The Facts
What does climate change look like?
• Higher temperatures
• More droughts
• Changes in rainfall
patterns
• Rising sea levels
At least 70 percent of people who
regularly go to bed hungry live in
rural areas in developing countries
Most of these people
are farmers
What has Canada done to
help vulnerable people in
developing countries?
• Signed onto an international agreement
• A generous funding contribution 2010-2012
• Mostly for mitigation
What does
Canada still
need to do?
Make a new
funding
commitment, with
more support for
adaptation
Influencing Policies
Why?
•Called as Christians
•Privileged as Canadians
•It works!
Two Big Success Stories
1. Aid for
Agriculture
2. Untying
Food Aid
Aid for Agriculture
Untying
Food Aid
The Big Difference
Delivery Time:
From Canada
11-19 weeks
Local Purchase
4-6 weeks
Cost: at least $63 per ton cheaper
In 2008 the Canadian government untied all food aid, thus
reducing delivery times and purchase and transportation
costs.
Last year – Foodgrains Bank saved more than $2 million
through untied food aid.
Climate Change:
What can YOU
do?
Write to your MP
Send a personal, handwritten letter
Encouraging Canada to:
• Make a new financial commitment to
help developing countries address
climate change
• Allocate more of this money to
adaptation activities
Email your MP
Make the letter your own.
No form letters, please!
Copy the Prime Minister:
[email protected]
And also the Minister of the Environment:
[email protected]
Meet with your MP
Go for the biggest impact!
• Talk to friends or other community
members who would be supportive –
a group of two or three is great for an
MP visit
• Contact us for help!
1-800-665-0377
foodgrainsbank.ca/letters