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WHY CLIMATE CHANGE?

why climate change?

Climate change could push up to 132 million additional people into extreme poverty by 2030.
Climate change is a global crisis we cannot ignore, a humanitarian crisis that can result in an acceleration of the hunger crisis.

What is Climate Change?

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, but since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, which produces greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.

What Causes Climate Change?

What Causes
Climate Change?

Human activity. Burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas for energy produces greenhouse gases. Deforestation and conversion of land from forests to farmland, mines and urban centres releases carbon that was once stored in trees back into the atmosphere. Farming livestock like cows and sheep is also a major contributor because the animals produce large amounts of methane when they digest their food.

Effects of Climate Change

It may be tempting to think that climate change mainly means warmer temperatures, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. Climate change can lead to intense and recurring droughts, erratic rainfall patterns, floods, severe storms, wildfires, rising sea levels and melting glaciers.

Climate Change Hurts

When climate change devastates the environment, we suffer on every level. And no one pays a higher price than those who’ve contributed the least to this global crisis – the most vulnerable.

Climate change has not only put vulnerable children, families and communities at greater risk of extreme weather events; it has also brought about imperceptible changes that are threatening their life – disrupted livelihoods, increased food insecurity and hunger, and malnutrition.

How World Vision helps

We are on the frontlines of tackling the impacts of climate change and work directly with communities to identify context-specific solutions.

Provide assistance during climate-related disasters

Improve communities’ resilience to climate change 

Restore, protect and rebuild the environment 

Stories

Imagine losing all your belongings after a heavy downpour. For Jenipher and her family, this is what happened.
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Climate change is making life difficult for young parents Sampath and Asela, more so when their three-year-old son is malnourished.
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From toiling hard in the fields every day just to watch their crops dry out and die, this community in Malawi finally sees hope on the horizon!
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The World Bank estimates that between 2021 and 2022, roughly 2.7 million additional Sri Lankans have fallen into poverty. According to the World Food Programme’s latest food security assessment of Sri Lanka in 2022, three in 10 households across the country face food insecurity.

3 major factors

affecting livelihoods:

Lack of technology, skills and resources for sustainable livelihoods
A lack of agriculture facilities, technology and skills lead to poor harvests, meagre incomes and reduced food purchasing power
Lack of capacity to respond to natural disasters
Droughts, floods and COVID-19 can disrupt the livelihoods of vulnerable families
Inability to meet food needs
Those with no job opportunities or low household income are unable to meet their minimum food requirements

3 major effects

of poor livelihoods:

Unstable household income
Apart from food insecurity, families with insufficient household income are unable to pay for their children’s education, health needs and more
Many relocate to find work
Low levels of education and a lack of livelihood skills have caused many to move away from home to work as daily wage workers
High rates of malnutrition
Nutritious food cost more. Those who cannot afford it suffer from malnutrition

3 major factors

affecting livelihoods:

Lack of technology, skills and resources for sustainable livelihoods
A lack of agriculture facilities, technology and skills lead to poor harvests, meagre incomes and reduced food purchasing power
Lack of capacity to respond to natural disasters
Droughts, floods and COVID-19 can disrupt the livelihoods of vulnerable families
Inability to meet food needs
Those with no job opportunities or low household income are unable to meet their minimum food requirements

3 major effects

of poor livelihoods:

Unstable household income
Apart from food insecurity, families with insufficient household income are unable to pay for their children’s education, health needs and more
Many relocate to find work
Low levels of education and a lack of livelihood skills have caused many to move away from home to work as daily wage workers
High rates of malnutrition
Nutritious food cost more. Those who cannot afford it suffer from malnutrition
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