Climate Resilience & Adaptation
The effects of climate change are becoming more and more present every day. As our environment rapidly changes, communities have to adapt quickly to survive. This is especially true for farmers around the world who rely on their understanding of the environment to grow crops.
Smallholder farmers can adapt the way that they farm and use resources to become more climate resilient. They just need the information and resources to do it. That's why CWS focuses on helping communities develop climate-adaptive agriculture. We're working with families and farmers to explore new planting techniques, while prioritizing resource conservation.
In order to understand the true impacts of climate change, we must listen. People affected by climate change are the experts on the challenges and needs they face. They must also be at the center of planning and decision making.
To build a world where there is enough for all, we need to care for all people…including future generations. We also recognize that the climate crisis requires a global, immediate response. All people deserve the opportunity to lead lives of dignity wherever they are.
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“I Feel in Control of My Future”: How Families in Nicaragua Are Building Resilience Through Farming and Savings
In the dry hills of Carazo, Nicaragua, every rainy season matters. Families depend on the land for food and income, but frequent droughts and poor soil conditions make farming more difficult each year. For a long time, each season brought more uncertainty than harvest. Every year, an estimated 55 million people around the world is affected by droughts. Drought threatens people’s livelihoods, increases the risk …
Extreme Heat, Climate Change and Displacement: Who is at Greatest Risk?
Each decade over the past 60 years has been hotter than the one before it, and the past 11 years have been the hottest on record. As heat season begins this year, extreme temperatures and drought are jeopardizing food production, health, and livelihoods, especially in low-income communities. Climate-related disasters displace more people every year than conflicts, and refugees and displaced people are the hardest hit, with an estimated three-quarters of the world’s refugees and displaced living in climate hotspots. CWS supports families affected by disaster and displacement with emergency response, recovery assistance and long-term resilience-building.
Climate Adaptation & Resilience in CWS Programs
By July 2024, climate scientists were already projecting that this calendar year will end as the hottest one on record and have begun tracking the potential impacts of continued warming on critical climate system tipping points. Human-driven climate change continues to disproportionately impact poor, marginalized and excluded households and communities, both in the United States and globally. In many communities …