Innovation and climate action
Climate & environment action
Climate change is arguably one of the defining challenges of our time. Certainly, in the displacement-affected areas in which DRC works, climate change and environmental degradation not only potentially accelerate localized conflict over natural resources, but also deepen vulnerabilities as livelihoods or living conditions erode. Climate change and environmental degradation are a threat multiplier for displaced people. Therefore, DRC is committed to taking action!
DRCs Climate and Environment Actions
At DRC we are taking climate and environmental actions within the the three core pillars of our Climate and Environment Framework:
- Adaptation in Programmatic Response,
- Mitigating DRC’s Environmental and Climate Footprint, and
- Advocacy for Displaced Persons in the Context of Climate Change.
These three pillars shape our response to the climate and environment crises and their interaction with forced displacement.
Further, resilience to climate shocks, environmental degradation and displacement is often very low in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, and disproportionately affects the world’s most vulnerable.
In this context, the relationship between climate change, conflict, poverty, and persecution greatly increases the complexity of humanitarian crises, refugee emergencies, as well as protracted displacement situations. In effect, the climate lens is becoming increasingly important for a humanitarian organization like DRC.
