Support Stronger Adaptation Responses to Climate Change
We are all impacted by a changing climate. Climate change has resulted in fewer harvests, loss of livestock, stress on water resources, reduced income, food insecurity, and an increased need to migrate to find employment or flee natural disasters. The impacts of climate change are felt more strongly amid a worsening global food crisis and growing conflicts.
Yet, we see so many seeds of hope with MCC partners around the world responding on the ground, seeking to adapt to climate change through locally-led initiatives. Climate adaptation is about helping communities adjust and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The most effective adaptation projects are locally designed, addressing the unique needs and priorities of each community.
MCC cares about climate change because we love people and we love God’s good creation. We have the responsibility to care for creation – today and for future generations. As Jesus’ disciples, we are called to live constructively, peacefully and in interdependence with the natural world (Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:15). For Anabaptists, reconciliation is at the center of our work. We join in God’s mission to make all things new – envisioning communities worldwide in right relationship with God, one another, and creation (Col. 1:20; Rev. 21:5).
Calling on our governments to support policies that uphold right relationships is one way that we can work for a better future for all. In 2021 Canada committed $5.3 billion over 5 years for both mitigation and adaptation support. Last year, Canada increased its share of these funds to support climate adaptation from 30% to 40%. These are both positive steps forward. We would like Canada to reach to its Paris Agreement commitment of 50% of funding to adaptation.