Climate of poverty
Climate change is already having a devastating impact on the world's poorest people.
Behind the headlines of floods and sea level rises, lie the real stories of people being forced further into poverty.
High and dry
Peruvian glaciers – which poor communities depend on for agriculture, industry and electricity – are disappearing at an alarming rate.
Peru's melting glaciers
Sisters on the Planet
In poor countries, women are at greatest risk from the effects of climate change. Watch these four short films and find out how, and see how four inspirational women are fighting back.
Watch Sisters on the Planet
Waiting for the good harvest
In West Timor, Indonesia, Aureliana Siki is expecting her third child. But, instead of being preoccupied with her new arrival, Aureliana is more concerned with how changes in the rains patterns are affecting her rice harvest.
Read Aureliana's story
Bangladesh: on the front line
With its low-lying landscape and location on the Ganges Delta, Bangladesh is on the front line of climate change.
Coping with rising sea levels
Read Laila's story
Coping with climate change on the Río Coco
Nicaragua's Miskito Indians have traditionally used nature's signs to indicate the changing of the seasons. But now, heavy rains during what is normally the dry season are increasingly wreaking havoc with their livelihoods.
Read their story
Related information
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