E-book
extreme drought floods Fires. These are all consequences of the ongoing climate crisis. But what is climate change, who is responsible and how do we slow it down?
In this e-book, you will learn what climate change is and how it relates to the growing number of people living in poverty and vulnerability. And not least: how we can work together to combat climate change and create an equal and sustainable world.
While climate change is a real threat to the entire planet, not everyone is affected in the same way. Nor does everyone have the same capacity to protect against and adapt to it.
In general, already vulnerable people and countries are hardest hit by the climate crisis. For example, people in low- and middle-income countries are five times more likely to be dis placed by extreme weather than those living in high-income countries.
Since 2008, 21.5 million people have been forced to leave their homes due to weather events. By 2050, up to 1.2 billion people may have to leave their homes due to climate change.
Photo: Valerie Caamaño/Oxfam
Climate change
Meet people who are affected
Silveria
In Guatemala, nearly half of all children under the age of five are chronically malnourished. Due to climate change and a lack of social safety net, the number of malnourished children is constantly increasing.
Martha
In South Sudan, 2.2 million people are at risk of starvation and in Somalia people are dying in the worst hunger crisis in living memory. The people of South Sudan and Somalia are enduring almost unimaginable suffering.
Tawab
Cyclone Kenneth affected hundreds of thousands of people who were already living in poverty. Mozambique is the sixth poorest country in the world and has very low carbon emissions, 55 times lower than the US. Cyclone Kenneth is a warning signal of how climate change can have deadly consequences for the people least responsible for it.
Maryan
East Africa is currently experiencing the world's largest humanitarian crisis. Extreme drought over several years has destroyed crops and killed livestock - and more than 30 million people are fighting for their lives. The climate crisis continues to affect those who have caused the least, and this is no exception.
