Surviving despite global climate change: Misereor

Climate change is jeopardising lives, harvests and livelihoods. In the Global South, natural disasters are hitting people more and more often and more severely.

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Africa

Asia

Latin & Central America

Middle East

Thematic focus:

Creating climate justice

Misereor partner organisations help precisely where climate change has already had a massive impact on life. They offer help and protection and pave new paths to a secure future. Our local partner organisations know exactly what is needed. They recognise the need and can make the necessary changes.

Mobile animal husbandry is adapted to the dry climate, but the challenges are becoming ever greater.

The drought is depriving the shepherds of their livelihood. Five rainy seasons with almost no rainfall is dramatic for the pastoralists.

IMPACT knows where wells are needed and thus helps people and animals.

A blessing and a curse at the same time: life in the Amazon harbours dangers, but also a livelihood.

Another source of income for the fishing families is the cultivation of açaí berries, but this is also under threat as a result of climate change.

This is what it looks like when the knowledge from the CPP workshops is put into practice: Vegetables from their own farm supplement this family's diet.

Climate change is threatening fish stocks and thus the livelihoods of all people who have lived from artisanal fishing for centuries.

The frequent flooding in India favours the transmission of diseases and parasite infestations.

Growing vegetables and medicinal plants improves the nutrition, health and income of families.

The villagers make life-saving life jackets from empty plastic bottles.

In northern Kenya, people traditionally move from pasture to pasture with their cattle. In the meantime, however, climate change in Kenya has brought with it prolonged droughts. After five rainy seasons with almost no rainfall, people have lost 60 to 90 per cent of their animals. Where grazing land and water become scarce, conflicts arise over vital resources.

Our partner organisation "Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation" (IMPACT) supports the pastoralist communities in making better use of pastures: collectively organised and well-coordinated. This way, everyone benefits from the rain. Large areas have been divided up: One plot can recover while the cattle graze on the others. And to alleviate the water shortage, the project is also providing new wells.

The indigenous communities on the banks of the rivers in Pará, Brazil, are also struggling with the consequences of climate change: the air and water are heating up and fish are dying in the river arms. In the meantime, people no longer know exactly which fish spawns when and, in their distress, fish during closed seasons. The cultivation of acaí berries is supposed to help overcome periods of drought, but due to the droughts, the berries dry up before the harvest.

The Misereor partner "Conselho Pastoral dos Pescadores" (CPP) is developing new perspectives with the people. This has enabled CPP to initiate agreements that protect the fishing grounds. When the populations recover from November to March, the families receive state compensation - CPP helps with the application. The partner also encourages fish ponds, chicken farming and vegetable cultivation. In this way, the next generation also has a future by the river.

In the Indian state of Bihar, on the other hand, people are increasingly suffering from too much rainfall. Floods and droughts, severe thunderstorms, heat and cold waves alternate in rapid succession, and earthquakes occur as well. But those who live in this poverty-stricken region often do not even have access to the most basic medical care.

Misereor's partner Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh (GPSVS) has already achieved a great deal here. The team is setting up basic healthcare systems in remote rural communities. GPSVS has also improved security in the communities. To this end, the Misereor partner has developed an early warning system based on weather forecasts together with the local civil protection organisation. This gives people enough time to bring their belongings and themselves to safety. Because prudence saves lives in an emergency, the team shows children and teachers in Bihar how they can protect themselves and others - for example with homemade life jackets made from empty plastic bottles.

Climate change threatens people on all continents and in many different ways. Please help to limit the impact on people with your donation!

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