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Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Mitigation.
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
Climate change is arguably one of the defining challenges of our time. Certainly, in the displacement affected area in which CoDHNet works, climate change and environmental degradation not only potentially accelerate localized conflict over natural resources, but also deepen vulnerabilities as livelihoods or living conditions erode. Climate change and environmental degradation can be threat multipliers as climate-related risks may exacerbate conflict dynamics and increase the impact of other drivers of conflict and fragility.
An Innovative energy, environmental and climate change programs.
To address the acute need for more sustainable and accessible energy source is underlining the importance of addressing displacement in the context of climate change as we work to ensure protection of forcibly displaced people.
Addressing climate change through innovative programs CoDHNet will focus the following areas: – 1) Clean cooking solution; 2) Energy efficiency; 3) Energy conservation; 4) Environmental social impact assessments; 5) Climate smart Agriculture; and 6) Home solar system for school going children.
The above innovative programs addresses two sites of the same scenario a) the need for forest conservation and b) the need for energy sources.
In Somalia, pastoralists are grappling with frequent and severe droughts, affecting their herds and their livelihoods. Large numbers of livestock in this area have died, putting more pressure on an already weak economy. Climate change and resource scarcity are exacerbated by a lack of policies on land-use and disaster risk management at the national level. Through CoDHNet framework is underlining the importance of addressing displacement in the context of climate change as we work to ensure protection of forcibly displaced people.
CoDHNet Climate and Environmental Action! As CoDHNet we are taking climate and environmental actions within the three core pillars of our Climate and Environmental Framework:
- Adaptation in Programmatic Response;
- Mitigating CoDHNet’s Environmental and Climate Footprint, and
- Advocacy for Displaced persons in the Context of Climate Change.
Therefore, these three pillars shape are based to our response to the climate and environment crises and their interaction with forced displacement.
Furthermore, resilience to climate shocks, environmental degradation and displacement is often very low in fragile and conflict-affected contexts and disproportionately affects the world’s most vulnerable.
In this context, the relationship between climate change, conflict, poverty and persecution greatly increases the complexity of humanitarian crises, refugee emergencies, as well as protracted displacement situations. In effect, the climate lens is becoming increasingly important for a humanitarian organization like CoDHNet. Therefore, CoDHNet has committed to act and address the protection needs of forced migrants, including the internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking, stateless persons and other persons of concern.