Climate Change

In the more than 35 countries where we work, Mercy Corps is asking how global warming impacts the people we serve — and how we can help them address it.

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Climate change is worsening an already unprecedented scarcity of resources, including water and arable land in some of the world's most volatile and impoverished regions. Mercy Corps sees climate change as a threat to the communities we serve, but we also view it as an economic opportunity, particularly for youth.

Cool Carbon ›

Help confront climate change while creating jobs in some of the world's poorest places by donating to small, innovative projects in the developing world. Your contribution to Cool Carbon provides seed money for seven climate-friendly initiatives.

Promoting Fuel-Efficiency in Darjeeling ›

Country: India

Mercy Corps is aiming to address poverty by helping poor communities use fuel more efficiently.

Blog Post: Disaster risk reduction in Padang — not just earthquakes ›

Country: Indonesia

Flying in to Padang to help with earthquake response, an aerial view makes it clear that earthquakes are not the only problem people have to deal with now or anticipate in the future.

Blog Post: The resilence of children ›

Country: Uganda

Life isn't easy in northern Uganda. Yet the children of the Acholi and Karamojong people are still resilient. They still smile.

Blog Post: No quick fix for climate change ›

We all like the idea of quick fixes to big problems, but the wiser among us know they do not work. Big problems are complex and usually need an array of tools to come to the rescue.

Blog Post: Climate change and Niger ›

Country: Niger

Global warming is not only causing already-meagre water supplies in Niger to dry up — it's also driving young men from drought-stricken rural areas in search of work to provide for their families.

Video: Biodiesel in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina ›

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tuzla long suffered from a reputation of being one of the most polluted cities in Bosnia, but an innovative initiative is helping reverse that label.

Blog Post: Copenhagen's chance to reduce poverty and improve human security ›

The climate community is under increasing pressure to help the developing world, especially those at the “bottom of the pyramid.” The p

Blog Post: Urban fish tales ›

Country: Indonesia

Where there is water, men will fish. But I never imagined I'd see lines cast smack dab in the middle of Jakarta, a megapolitan city of at least 8.5 million people.

Blog Post: The 2009 Climate Conference: poverty reduction and human rights implications ›

The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is a critical meeting for our planet, where the world's governments will decide the planet’s course of action to deal with climate change.

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Climate Change:
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Climate change is a growing threat to human society. As it throws natural systems further out of balance, poor nations and communities feel the effect most severely because they lack the resources and support to adapt.

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