CAFOD working on Climate Change

Climate Change CAFOD photopack Climate change is an important issue – arguably the most important issue – that we face today. It affects us all, but CAFOD knows that it affects people in developing countries first and worst

A global challenge: Climate change affects us all – and it’s up to every one of us to do something about it!

Bangladesh: CAFOD knows that the people affected FIRST and WORST by climate change are the people least able to cope!

Bangladesh: CAFOD is supporting people living poverty so they can adapt to the effects of climate change in their lives

CAFOD in Cambodia: CAFOD is supporting a local organisation that helps people use sustainable methods for farming – like tapping rubber from trees!

CAFOD in Mozambique: CAFOD supports and educates young people here too, to help them develop sustainable farming skills

Niger: CAFOD partners show people new and effective ways to retain water in areas with low rainfall, like digging half-moons into sloped land.

Kenya: CAFOD is working with partners in Kenya to help communities cope with drought.

Brazil: Trees are lost in the Amazon at the rate of a football pitch about every eight seconds. 80 per cent of logging in the Brazilian Amazon is illegal.

Guatemala: CAFOD partners train people to plant soil-retaining trees to help prevent huge mudslides like this one in Panabaj.

Signs of hope: You can help encourage national and international action on climate change by visiting www.cafod.org.uk/campaigning/climate

What will YOUR live simply promise be?: Living more simply can help lower carbon emissions and make a difference to people who are affected by climate change.