Climate change

  1. Children in Tanzania are planting fruit trees at school to provide them with shade and nutritious food.
  2. A family in India receives emergency supplies from World Vision after their village was devastated by floods.
  3. This woman is searching for drinking water in the wake of floods in Bangladesh.
  4. In Kenya, children help their father to harvest what they can from a drought-affected crop.

Because many rely on natural resources to survive, poor communities are often the least equipped to cope with environmental damage. World Vision's commitment to help children living in poverty means we must address the impacts of climate change and the poverty it causes.

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What is this about?

Extreme weather and an increase in natural disasters are jeopardising the ability of poor communities to grow crops, access water, and house and feed themselves. Nearly every facet of World Vision’s work is affected by these issues.

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Who is it happening to?

The effects of climate change are being noticed all over the world. But for poor countries and communities, climate change is a reality they don’t have the resources to fight. In places like Australia, when droughts or floods damage crops in one part of the country, many people will be able to afford - at least for a short time - to pay extra for crops shipped in from elsewhere.

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Why is it happening?

As we learn more about climate change, it’s becoming clearer that among its major causes are carbon emissions created by overuse of fossil fuels. The warming of the planet - though it may seem like minor temperature increases - has major effects on climate. Warmer, wetter weather, more severe droughts, more destructive storms and rising sea levels create widespread disruption for people who survive on the land.

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Where is it happening?

Communities that rely on farming for survival face increasing hardships because of climate change. Many areas that were once drought prone are now in drought all the time. Storms are more severe - often wiping out annual crops. Sources of fresh water are drying up.

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What is our response?

World Vision considers climate change to be a critical issue that must be addressed across all of our development and advocacy work. From addressing the causes through to assisting those suffering the effects, World Vision is addressing climate change-exacerbated poverty in many ways.

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How you can help?

World Vision has a number of programs that address the devastating effects of climate change and alleviate the poverty that results from environmental impacts. There are lots of ways we can all help.

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Apr 11, 2013

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