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Go Green: Climate and environment action

Climate change and environmental degradation are a threat multiplier for displaced people. Therefore, one of DRCs crosscutting organisational principles is to Go green.

DRC commits to respond to the global climate crisis and environmental degradation by increasing the adaptive capacities of people affected by conflict and displacement and by ensuring that our own conduct is nature-positive.

Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and disproportionately impacts the world’s most vulnerable people: those whom we serve. By making green thinking and action an organisational priority, DRC acknowledges that climate change is a global phenomenon that increasingly interacts with the drivers of refugee movements. DRC must address climate change systematically and ambitiously to address the current trends.

People affected by displacement need a strong advocate to ensure protection. Empowerment of the most marginalised will help to ensure that they will not be left behind in global climate action. In particular, stronger efforts are required to obtain data-based evidence for how we can include – rather than exclude – people affected by displacement.

In light of this, DRC will sharpen its focus on climate adaptation in programmes. We will aim to increase the climate resilience of those we serve. We will carry out initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint of our operations. And we will advocate for the rights of persons affected by displacement and conflict in situations negatively affected by climate change or environmental degradation.

30 Sep 2024

Navigating floods and building resilience through community-led climate adaptation in South Sudan

21 May 2024

Q&A on the flooding status of Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya

21 May 2024

Q&A on the flooding status of Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya

17 Apr 2024

Videos: Piloting biogas innovation in Yemen as a source of clean energy and organic fertilizer

10 Apr 2024

Climate change, water shortages, and the vital role of extending essential services

08 Apr 2024

Driving Positive Change through Sustainable Initiatives

17 Mar 2024

Solar Streams: Transforming Water Access in Khirbit Ghazaleh Using Renewable Energy

06 Feb 2024

A Day of Disaster & a Year of Challenges

07 Nov 2023

Partnership: Danish Refugee Council (DRC) enters partnership with Response Innovation Lab (RIL)

29 Sep 2023

Afghanistan: Building rural resilience to cope with climate change

29 Sep 2023

Kosovo: Vulnerable populations at risk from effects of climate change

29 Sep 2023

Poland: Reducing the carbon footprint of DRC operations

15 Sep 2023

DRC Danish Refugee Council responds to the devastating storm and subsequent flooding in Northeast Libya

12 Sep 2023

Reaction to the deadly storm in Eastern Libya

30 Aug 2023

Agri-Tech Solutions for Better Climate Resilience in Displacement Affected Areas in Iraq

22 Aug 2023

Fair recycling: A plastic recycling ecosystem in Kenya

22 Aug 2023

The scoping forestry project

01 Jun 2023

Yemen - Piloting Biogas as a Source of Clean Energy and Fertilizer in Partnership with Yemini Social Enterprise

30 May 2023

Repeated Climate-shocks shatter the resilience of communities in Ethiopia

25 Apr 2023

DRC is dedicated to the environmental protection

01 Apr 2023

Promoting Climate Change Adaptation & Resilient Practices in Southern Coastal Areas in Bangladesh

06 Mar 2023

Identifying Natural Hazards and Impacts on Displacement Affected Communities Linked to Climate Change in West Africa

28 Feb 2023

Economic and environmental well-being via garment recycling

15 Jan 2023

Mainstreaming Environmental Approach in DRC's Livelihoods Strategy

01 Dec 2022

Climate resilience building of at-risk communities in Khulna district in Bangladesh

13 Oct 2022

Energy and environment programme in Tanzania: Boosting resilience of people and the forest

17 Aug 2022

DRC launches new efforts to address climate related displacement

05 Jul 2022

DRC Burundi: Partnering with Nature and People to Find the Solutions + Learning Brief

10 May 2022

DRC sets ambitious target: Reducing 50% of our carbon emissions by 2030

20 Mar 2022

Iraqi Water Week (14-22 March): Iraq’s water situation continues to deteriorate, with devastating impacts on lives and livelihoods for thousands of Iraqis

17 Mar 2022

Video: Spring Recharge

31 Dec 2021

Reinforcing social cohesion through socio-economic opportunities and regenerative practices in Burkina Faso

30 Nov 2021

Reframing mixed migration: MMC launches the Mixed Migration Review 2021

24 Nov 2020

Former DRC Country Director becomes permaculture farmer – David Kang’ethe

20 Oct 2020

Yemeni communities becoming resilient one seed at a time

20 Oct 2020

Localizing regenerative solutions in Tanzania

20 Oct 2020

Climate resilience among Rohingya refugees and their host communities

DRC's climate action

Framework for Climate and Environment

Framework for Climate and Environment

The Framework on Climate Change and Environment explains DRC's ambitions to respond to climate change and environmental degradation in contexts of forced displacement. It elaborates our ambitions and commitments to tackle the displacement challenges that are already being amplified by climate change, and to mitigate and prepare for those to come.


Climate change is a global phenomenon that “increasingly interacts with the drivers of refugee movements” and disproportionally affects developing countries, which today host 80% of the world’s refugees and displaced persons. People affected by displacement, therefore, need a strong advocate to ensure protection and empowerment of the most marginalised, and that they will not be left behind in global climate action.

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. Through this framework, DRC is underlining the importance of addressing displacement in the context of climate change as we work to ensure protection of forcibly displaced people.

We do this in our three core pillars:

We created a catalogue of selected DRC initiatives about our climate and environment action!
Green Catalogue

We created a catalogue of selected DRC initiatives about our climate and environment action!

Climate change is a global issue that increasingly intersects with the drivers of conflict and displacement. In several regions where the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) operates, the global climate crisis presents severe challenges for the populations DRC aims to assist.

DRC has therefore committed to taking climate action across our organization, focusing on the three pillars of adaptation, mitigation and advocacy. In this Catalogue we showcase some of the DRC's Green Initiatives in the fields, encompassing a wide array of projects with varying scope, duration, funding, and focus areas.

We invite you to explore the Catalogue (below), follow the QR codes and links to learn more about the projects, and reach out to discuss new possibilities! 

We signed the Climate Charter for humanitarian NGOs and work towards our commitments!
Climate Charter

We signed the Climate Charter for humanitarian NGOs and work towards our commitments!

The recent DRC Climate and Environment Framework and the DRC Strategy 2025 define the direction for DRC in the years to come, in line with our commitments under the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations. 

The Climate crisis affects all of us, but the most marginalized communities are the most affected by the consequences. Therefore, humanitarian NGOs play a key role, taking action to address the climate crisis and its effects. The Climate Charter for humanitarian NGOs intends to provide a clear vision and principles to guide humanitarian action in the face of the climate and environmental crises.

Have a look at the Climate Charter on climate-charter.org

It is our priority to address climate change and environmental degradation systematically and ambitiously across the organisation. DRC becomes a key advocate and stakeholder for people affected by displacement in the humanitarian sector.

/  Lillah Emmik Sørensen, Global Climate and Environment Advisor

Climate Action all around DRC

DRCs Climate and Environment Actions

At DRC we are taking climate and environmental actions within the the three core pillars of our Climate and Environment Framework:

These three pillars shape our response to the climate and environment crises and their interaction with forced displacement.

Further, 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 DRC.

Framework on Climate Change and Environment

2021

Framework on climate change and environment
Framework on climate change and environment

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Climate and Environmental Performance Report
Climate and Environmental Performance Report

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