From helping farmers in Ethiopia switch to drought-resistant crops and establishing fish farms to diversify incomes in Niger, to developing a community-based climate school in Indonesia, Islamic Relief has significant climate adaptation experience. In 2022 we used our insights to call for greater focus on helping communities lead efforts to adapt to the changing climate.
For the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, we engaged virtually with negotiations and published articles in the influential ECO daily newsletter. Islamic Relief joined other organisations in securing pivotal agreements to address loss and damage caused by climate disasters.
We also pressed decision-makers at the intersessional meeting (SB56) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany. Representing the 1,800 organisations that make up the Climate Action Network, we pushed for swift and decisive action to minimise the harm already being inflicted on the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Community farmers in Indonesia plant 12,000 saplings provided by Islamic Relief in collaboration with the Watershed Management Centre and Protected Forest (BPDASHL). The initiative boosts resilience to climate change by restoring the environment to prevent flooding, landslides and other climate-related disasters, as well as reducing agricultural runoff.
