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| Quick Facts |
| World Vision is helping communities to:
Adapt to drought, floods, famine and changing disease patterns
Fight deforestation and desertification
Become more financially sustainable through the sale of carbon offset credits
Get involved in the international solutions to climate change |
Climate change will affect almost every aspect of World Vision’s work and mission in the years to come. It has the potential to make poverty much worse. World Vision's concern for the poor obliges us to address issues related to climate change.
The Climate Change Response Initiative strategically links the reduction and offsetting of carbon emissions with poverty alleviation, creating a double win for the poorest in the world.
It is working to implement environment-enhancing development activities such as reforestation, agro-forestry and conservation farming that sequester greenhouse gases and increase commmunities’ ability to adapt.
Farmers take part in disaster preparedness training and learn about ways to improve food and water security, helping them to adapt to changing weather patterns.
While raising awareness about the positive contribution that even the poorest can make to the impacts of climate change, World Vision is finding ways to help everyone invest in practical solutions. These include the purchase of carbon offset products that benefit vulnerable communities.
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