The climate crisis and humanitarian action: current approaches and discourse

The world is experiencing an unprecedented, rapid and unpredictable succession of climate crises including droughts, hunger crises, flooding, typhoons and heatwaves.

Climate change exacerbates needs where vulnerabilities are highest and humanitarians are already stretched.

Yet there is uneven awareness within the humanitarian sector about the scale and nature of climate crises and wider international efforts to address these, as well as uncertainty over what this will mean for the future of humanitarian response.

Discover progress on this subject to date as well as emerging approaches to address impacts of the climate emergency.