Promoting a Just World
Ireland’s EU Council
Presidency
Trócaire Manifesto
We work with amazing people to bring about positive and lasting change in some of the world's poorest places.
The poorest and most vulnerable countries in the world are suffering the worst effects of climate change- even though they haven't caused this problem.
Carbon emissions cause climate change. In Ireland a person produces, on average, about 10 tons of carbon emissions. In Africa an average person will produce less than 0.1 tons.
Climate change is getting worse. Almost 3 times more disasters such as drought, flooding etc. have been recorded in the last decade compared to the 1970s.
Experts predict that if the world doesn’t wake up to climate change between 75 and 250 million people in Africa won’t have enough water by 2020 and crop production will have fallen by 50%. Time is running out.
What is climate justice? It’s about people in developing countries getting the support they need to adapt and cope with the changing climate. The richer countries that have caused climate change need to get their politicians and governments to take responsibility and address the climate change issue.
We're helping families and communities cope. In Ethiopia 33,029 families got access to clean, drinkable water. In Mozambique 8,000 families in 23 communities got agriculture support to cope with the effects climate change has on their farms and crops. In El Salvador hundreds of families across 15 localities are learning to prepare and cope with the increased flooding, hurricanes and drought they are experiencing.
But world leaders need to do more. The Irish government needs to introduce the climate legislation it promised. Per person, Ireland is one of the highest emitters of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. 20 years of political commitments have failed to change this. Globally, world leaders need to agree a new deal to tackle climate change. The Kyoto Protocol – the only legally binding international treaty tackling climate change, expires soon and new UN agreement is needed. World leaders are avoiding the tough decisions while millions of people are running out of time.
Education resources
Climate Change: A call for stewardship and global solidarity
We've developed this interactive online educational resource for post-primary CSPE students in the Republic of Ireland and Local and Global Citizenship in the north. This will help students develop a deeper understanding of environmental sustainability and ensure a knowledgeable and reflective approach to their action project. Each activity has an accompanying slide or slides to support the teacher as they carry out the lesson.
Take action
Join our call for a strong climate law for Ireland.
Send an email to Phil Hogan TD, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.
Papers & research on Climate Change.
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This Trócaire report, Shaping Strategies: factors and actors in climate change adaptation, is the culmination of two years of research and has brought huge learning to the organisation. I extend my sincere thanks to all those involved, in particular the individuals and families who gave us their time and shared their personal experiences, and our partners without whom the research would not have been possible.The reaffirmation in this report of the challenge that climate change presents to us is a stark reminder to governments as duty bearers, to development practitioners, and to all of us as responsible citizens of our responsibilities to act urgently to deal with this most vital of issues.
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Twenty years ago in Rio the international community agreed to a new vision for development.
Balancing social equity, economic development and protection of the environment were the three inextricable lynchpins for what was referred to as ‘sustainable development’, a concept based on the betterment of society today as well as safeguarding the future for the generations to come.
