CARE and Climate Change

CARE seeks a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. Climate change poses the single greatest threat in history to achieving our vision. The impacts of climate change are already destroying livelihoods and aggravating financial, political, social and environmental inequities. Without urgent action, this could make it impossible for poor and marginalised people to reach a wide range of development and justice goals.

There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and prevent human suffering on an unprecedented scale, but we haven't a moment to lose.

CARE's response to climate change is rapidly growing to reflect the scope and severity of the challenge. Our overarching objectives are to empower poor and marginalised people to take action on climate change at all levels and to build knowledge for global change.

In keeping with our core poverty-fighting mission, CARE is pursuing these objectives through the following strategic themes: global policy engagement, adaptation, making carbon finance work for the poor and organisational change. We emphasise social justice, gender equality and empowerment in everything we do. Read more here.

Additional resources:

Learn about CARE's work on Climate Change around the world through our interactive Climate Orb!

Read more about CARE International's policy positions on adaptation and REDD - and watch the video.

To learn more about the CARE Climate Calendar, CARE and Climate Adaptation, Carbon Finance and the effects of Climate Change over Human Displacement, please visit our Resource Centre.

 Watch our videos on the exhibition "A hundred places", and "Managing our Mangroves"- and our daily videos from COP15 here.

Read the stories:

Around the world, people have been affected by climate change, in one way or another. Below are the stories of some of them.

• Bangladesh - 'Last year flood grabbed our crops'
• Bangladesh - 'Insights from Bangladesh on Climate Change'
• Guatemala - 'The story of Ms. Graciela Cabrera De Lopez'
• Indonesia - 'Our children´s future'
• Kenya - 'The climate setback: How can we manage it better?'
• Nepal - 'A stitch in time saves nine'
• Peru - 'Climate change in Peru equals hunger'
• Tanzania - 'Letter to the leaders of the world'
• Thailand - 'Adaptation: A high price for South Thailand´s farmers and fisherfolk'
• Vietnam - 'We are experiencing climate change in many ways'

 Latest news:

• 16 December 2009: CARE: World’s poorest people rendered voiceless
• 16 December 2009: The Human face of Climate Change - CARE co-hosts a new documentary showing the human face of climate change, attracting both Danish celebrities and climate change negotiators.
• 15 December: Humanitarian concerns are not a side issue - CARE and other agencies celebrate UN Humanitarian Day
• 13 December 2009: Climate change agreement: Don’t put people in brackets
• 13 December 2009: CARE on EU summit in Brussels: Old money in new bottles?
• 11 December: CARE to Climate Delgates: What does it take tomake REDD really green?
• 9 December: A new global social and environmental standard for REDD+ programmes
• 4 December: Climate deal must be good for poor people

Visit CARE International's website on Climate Change.