Climate change

Climate change is at the heart of both World Water Day and World Meteorological Day, as it intensifies global water challenges and extreme weather patterns. Climate change disrupts the water cycle, causing rising sea levels, severe droughts, floods, and contamination of freshwater sources - all disproportionately impacting women and children in the world’s poorest regions.

In this blog you can read about how a community in Senegal is adapting to climate change and what it means for the future of climate resilience.

COP29 has brought together leaders and NGOs from around the world in Baku, Azerbaijan to address the climate crisis, explore solutions, and discuss ways to support those most affected.  

ActionAid UK has established a presence at the event, advocating for support for those on the frontlines of the climate crisis, amplifying the call for increased climate finance. So what are we asking for? And why is this issue so important? Here are some of the key points we are hoping to raise throughout the conference. 

This year’s UN Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as COP, was attended by Zahra Hdidou, ActionAid UK’s Senior Climate and Resilience Advisor, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In this blog Zahra captures some of the ‘wins’ and some of the misses of COP28. 

This month has seen two widely anticipated global summits on climate change, but they have left us wanting. With COP28 looming in five months, the success of climate negotiations and our future hang in the balance.  

In this guest blog, read why Mishita, an ActionAid UK Community Campaigner, thinks accountability is important in the fight for climate justice.  
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This World Environment Day, we spoke to ActionAid’s Head of Policy and Research for Climate, Sophie Rigg, about climate change and climate justice.