climate change

Climate change is a global challenge and requires a global solution

Our technical assistance seeks deliver measurable benefits aligned with the aims of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They improve lives, livelihoods and landscapes for communities around the world. Climate change is the most significant environmental challenge facing the world today, with anticipated impacts such as increasingly extreme weather events and disruption of agricultural production. Although much debate remains regarding the most effective strategies for addressing climate change, there is broad international agreement that concerted international action must be taken to stabilise greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions if we want to avoid catastrophic climate impacts.

We support the implementation of actions at the national, regional and international level directed at addressing climate change and stabilising GHG emissions, through our cross-cutting programmes and projects on Land use/forests, REDD+, Safeguards, Multilateralism.

impacts of climate change

  • Increased heat,
  • drought and insect outbreaks, 
  • all linked to climate change, 
  • have increased wildfires. 
  • declining water supplies, 
  • reduced agricultural yields, 
  • health impacts in cities due to heat

what people say about climate change

“Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality, it is about changes in our very way of life.” – Paul Polman
“Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are — rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call ‘global challenges,’ which require global solidarity.” – Ban Ki-moon