Go Green: Climate and environment action

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:

• Mitigation
• Adaptation
• Advocacy

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! 

Read the Greening DRC

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