Displaced by a Changing Climate: Caritas Voices Protecting and Supporting People on the Move

As part of the inauguration week of the Global Year of Action of the “Together We” campaign, aimed at promoting integral ecology by simultaneously protecting people and our planet, Caritas Internationalis launched on 26 October 2023 its new publication Displaced by a Changing Climate: Caritas Voices Protecting and Supporting People on the Move. The publication explores the experiences of individuals displaced within and across borders due to climate change and is a result of collaboration between National Caritas Organisations from diverse regions.

Displaced by a Changing Climate: Caritas Voices Protecting and Supporting People on the Move focuses on the predicament of displaced people due to the impacts of climate change. Data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report indicate that over 20 million people have been internally displaced by weather events, which is over double the average number of people internally displaced due to conflict.

With the upcoming COP28 in Dubai (November 30 – December 12, 2023) and through this publication, Caritas aims to show the faces behind the experiences, and give a voice to those whose stories are not heard or acknowledged in international fora where global climate discussions are taking place.