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Climate change solutions: How the IRC is supporting climate-hit communities
Learn how our teams are providing innovative solutions in the countries on the frontlines of climate change.
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- November 29, 2023
Climate Change
Climate change is set to unleash lasting damage across the world—even if we succeed in limiting global warming. The time is now for all of us to become better stewards for the planet.
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12 climate activists inspiring us to fight climate change
We can do something about climate change. Here are 12 climate activists from around the world who are inspiring us to take action
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- May 15, 2024
10 countries at risk of climate disaster
The countries most vulnerable to climate change have contributed little to its cause.
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- November 17, 2023
How the climate crisis changes homes around the world.
The IRC helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. We work in over 50 crisis-affected countries, bringing ingenuity, fortitude and optimism to making a lasting impact for the people we serve. We arrive at the onset of crisis and aim to stay as long as we are needed. We also help refugees and other vulnerable people integrate into their new communities across dozens of cities in Europe and the Americas.
Heat wave underscores urgent need to address climate change
As the UK, Europe and the United States deal with a heat wave, people least responsible for global emissions are on the front lines of an urgent, deadly battle against climate change.
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- August 4, 2022
What is COP28? Why this year’s climate summit is important
The annual global climate summit offers a chance to address climate injustice and refocus climate action on the most vulnerable communities worldwide.
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- December 4, 2023
Crisis in Ethiopia: Climate change meets conflict
Here are five reasons the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Ethiopia as the country, after Afghanistan, most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.
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- September 13, 2022
Crack the Crises: Covid, poverty, and climate change. Together, we must act now.
The IRC UK is part of a coalition of over 70 organisations calling on the UK government to play a leading role to help Crack the Crises and build a better world for all. In 2021, we are facing some of the biggest challenges of our times: Covid, injustice and climate change.
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- February 9, 2024
Ethiopia
The International Rescue Committee provides a wide range of assistance for refugees, displaced persons and vulnerable Ethiopian communities as the country faces conflict, regional instability, climate change and food insecurity as a lingering effect of subsequent droughts.
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