Bernadette Fischler is Policy Analyst on Post-MDGs at the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD). Bernadette works with the post-2015 team in CAFOD and the Beyond 2015 campaign to ensure that the priorities and perspectives of people living in poverty are taken into account by the UN and governments, when designing the new post-2015 development framework. Her policy and advocacy work focus on climate change and energy on the post-2015 framework as well as addressing economic inequalities to end poverty while ensuring a sustainable environment.
There is more to the alleged contradiction between the de-prioritization of action on climate change and the consensus that it is a threat to society.
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