Global Peace and Development Organization and CEPDE

On behalf of action/2015, the global campaign responsible to influence public opinion and government actions to end poverty, inequality and climate change in every country as well as to create awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals which will soon be replacing the Millennium Development Goals. A – action/2015 is a growing citizens’ movement made up of almost 2000 organisations, networks

and coalitions from 145 countries. We are united by the belief that 2015 is a critical year for progress in the fight against climate change, poverty and inequality. From fighting poverty and inequalities to climate change, the action/2015 vision is to accelerate global progress. Our movement is open and inclusive. Everyone who shares our vision and wants to mobilize and engage citizens in their communities or around the world is invited to join our movement. Q – How will action/2015 achieve change in 2015? A – action/2015 is mobilizing people throughout 2015 at critical decision making points, so far over 22 million actions have been taken by people. We will ensure that as political leaders make decisions this year they will feel the pressure of millions and millions more people calling on them to take ambitious action to secure a better future for people and planet. Q – What has action/2015 achieved so far? A – 22 million actions have been taken in over 100 countries already in support of our common call for ambitious agreements that deliver real progress for people and planet in 2015. This has included action at key moments including the International Women’s Day, the G7 meeting in Germany, the AU Summit in Cape Town, in line with key negotiations in New York and World Economic Forum meetings. Moreover during the month of May, the action/2015 global movement engaged in a month of diverse, worldwide and truly grassroots mobilisation - from rallies to flash mobs to online activity. About the Financing for Development Summit

Q – What is the Financing for Development Summit? A – The Third Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) conference in Addis on 13th-16th July is a crucial step in the journey to strong, implementable development and climate agreements. It is a chance to get the financial system and the money in place to make deliverable progress happen. FfD has been identified as a key moment for mobilisation in the action/2015 campaign at the action/2015 global assembly. The Financing for Development Summit provides myriad opportunities for reform of, and progress on, financing systems and commitments – from explorations of how governments in the developing world can increase their financial capacity to help lift their poorest out of poverty to agreeing new international finance systems that can ensure that companies pay governments the tax they owe and working out how business and international institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund will help fund these and other poverty and climate change reduction efforts.