Cars form giant ‘1.5’ to support the goal of the 2015 United Nations Paris Agreement to pursue efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Emissions avoided by each rally car highlights need for market incentives to price carbon and promote more low-emissions electric mobility.
Small herbs are making big dreams come true for local communities in the Philippines. As farmers learn to diversify crops, train on business management, and see their incomes grow, the women spearheading this change are fueled by pride in results.
One of the strongest El Niño cycles in recorded history has caused drought and flooding around the world. In Ethiopia successive crop failures due to drought, have forced more than 10 million people into a food crisis. For some, what seed was saved to be planted had to be eaten.
A disaster response should first and foremost meet people’s immediate needs to help them face the challenges caused by an emergency situation. But in some instances, a well-planned response can have a lasting impact beyond the duration of the issue and even help people be more prepared for the next time disaster strikes.
Imagine being pregnant but having to choose between eating enough food and drinking enough water. For the last month this has been the reality for Vann, 24, a young woman from Koh Kong in Cambodia.
Water is something that many of us in the developed world have the luxury to take for granted. It is available, on tap, hot and cold, 24/7, any given day of the week. But in the countries of Southern Africa affected by the El Niño weather phenomenon it is the difference between eating today or not, between being able to wear clean clothes and wash yourself or not, and, ultimately, between life or death.
Cambodia is experiencing its worst drought in over 50 years. In Koh Kong province, where CARE has worked for many years, it has barely rained since late 2015 and water supplies are scarce, particularly where seawater inundation is contaminating water sources.
From afar, the Southern African countries of Madagascar and Malawi will not figure in conversations about the disasters affecting the world. When I told people I was going there on an emergency response deployment they looked at me baffled and asked ‘why – what’s happening there?’
55 year old Ibrahim has always been an industrious and successful farmer; his large iron roofed house is a proud testament to this. But in Malawi’s southern-most district of Nsanje - where Ibrahim lives - Mother Nature acts as a cruel leveler; no one is surviving the current drought ravaging the region.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
