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Emissions must reduce by half over the next decade and reach net- zero, the point at which a balance is achieved between the amount of emissions produced and the amount of gases removed from the atmosphere, by 2050 to achieve this goal and prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis. [...] Everybody on the planet has the right to a good quality of life: the emissions of the poorest countries and the number of people who live there are only unimportant if the poor stay poor. [...] The current concentration of carbon emissions in the Global North means that despite taking the world to the brink of climate catastrophe, we have still failed to improve the lives of billions trapped in poverty. [...] The disastrous effects of climate catastrophe will impact those in poorest countries the most, in the areas that are projected to see the highest rates of population growth, especially women and girls: In 2018, more than half of the 41 million people displaced by climate change were girls and womenxxxi. [...] However, it is ethically irresponsible and in direct contradiction of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty, to expect that the climate crisis can be reversed by providing solutions only to the carbon-heavy lifestyles of the rich, whilst allowing the poor to stay entrapped in poverty, and avoiding the issue of a rapidly rising global human population.