Disasters have strongly increased in both frequency and impact, with climate change as one of the main contributors to more extreme, frequent, and unpredictable weather.
CARE experts in Mozambique warn of chronic cycle of disasters
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable nations to the impacts of climate change. CARE helps farmers adapt their agricultural practices to the situation so they can withstand climate shocks.
A large area of Southern Africa remains underwater a week after Hurricane Idai ripped through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in one of the worst tropical cyclones the Southern hemisphere has ever seen. These storms are having a devastating impact on those countries least responsible for climate change, and least equipped to handle the strain or bounce back from disasters.
While media turns a blind eye to humanitarian catastrophes, climate change will not wait.
Ministers arriving in Katowice will need extreme courage and conviction to make life-saving decisions if humanity is to be saved from the worst impacts of climate change, Oxfam and CARE International said today.
The impacts of disaster and climate change discriminate: women, men, girls and boys are all affected differently. It is women and girls who are more likely to suffer due to existing inequalities, vulnerabilities and negative gender norms which lead to higher rates of mortality, morbidity and economic damage to their livelihoods.
This report includes an analysis of recent research on how to limit global warming to 1.5°C and adverse climate change impacts that need to be confronted.
As G7 ministers prepare to discuss ridding the oceans of plastics, CARE is also calling on officials to dive deeper with climate change commitments to protect the most vulnerable, particularly women and girls.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
