Climate change

We partner with communities to boost their climate resilience and protect their natural resources.

Because people living in the world’s poorest countries shouldn’t have to bear the brunt of climate change.

A woman harvest crops in a field of green plants.

Climate change is not just about global warming

Droughts. Floods. Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Climate change acts like a humanitarian threat multiplier, exacerbating issues like gender inequality and hunger.

More than one billion girls and boys—nearly half the world’s children—live in countries that are at extremely high risk because of climate change.

And the cost of climate change—and the debt it creates—disproportionately falls on developing countries.

5 ways climate change is changing childhood

Did you know that children in fragile countries are more likely to suffer the consequences of climate change, even though they contribute the least to the problem? Here are five things you need to know.

Climate change and sustainable development

We collaborate with communities to restore damaged environments, protect healthy ones and build stronger, healthier ecosystems.

Our key climate action programs include:

Sustainable livelihoods: training people in climate-smart agriculture (e.g., crop diversification, beekeeping, water harvesting) to build resilient livelihoods in climate-affected areas.
Land restoration: teaching communities about Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) to replenish land with trees and plants.
Youth advocacy: empowering children and youth to voice their concerns through forums and training for local and national advocacy.

Our impact

38%

of donations went to programming expenditures for chronic emergencies and fragile contexts.

133,267

people trained in agriculture and livestock techniques including food production and storage.

What is climate change? Facts and figures

Learn more about key facts, causes and effects of climate change, and ongoing solutions to climate crisis.

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Young girl crosses floodwaters in the Philippines.

A hand holding a bunch of strawberries outside over grass.

My family’s six tips for reducing food waste

Katie Hackett, World Vision Canada writer and mother of two, shares her family’s six tips for reducing food waste in the midst of a surging global hunger crisis.

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Landslide in Ethiopia relatives comforting the mother of the lost children in a mourning site.

The landslide that changed everything

Can you picture a hillside losing its grip - sliding down to trap your community? You may not want to try.

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Habiba, a teenage girl from Somalia, is drinking a cup of tea outside her home. (Somalia, 2023).

Harvesting hope: Habiba's story

The story of how a family overcame food insecurity from years of drought with help from World Vision.

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Did you know?

In 2025, 15,830 farmers applied sustainable agricultural practices, including the Farmer’s Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) approach, to restore and improve pasture, forest and agricultural land.