Support Climate Justice for Frontline Communities

According to the United Nations, an estimated 20.6 million people required humanitarian assistance. Many are living in temporary shelter and are worried about the future, as global temperatures rise.

Pakistan produces less than one percent of global emissions yet is at a high risk of harm from climate change. At November’s climate negotiations, Pakistan pushed for compensation to countries on the frontline. Christian World Service, as part of the ACT Alliance climate justice campaign, supported this provision known as Loss and Damage.

“Climate change was evident from day one of [last year’s] disaster. People had very little to start with and no reserves. They lost what little they had,” says Marvin Parvez, from CWS partner, Community World Service Asia.

“How do we resource people who have lost everything and revive support services, schools and clinics? Much of the infrastructure has been damaged,” he adds.

CWSA is grateful for international support, including from Aotearoa New Zealand.

By the end of July, it had helped 300,000 people in Sindh province with health services, cash for food, hygiene support, hygiene kits and agricultural inputs.

In a new report, Hunger Hotspots, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that 8.6 million people face acute food insecurity between June and December. Of these 2.6 million or 13 percent of the total population are likely to reach emergency levels of hunger, level four on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), one point below catastrophe.

CWS encourages people to support actions for climate justice and participate in this year’s Season of Creation, starting September 1.