Climate change and poverty are inextricably linked. An additional 100 million people are at risk of falling into poverty, while those already living in poverty are the most vulnerable to climate change shocks.
Context
Poor people and countries are particularly vulnerable and vulnerable to climate shocks and natural disasters that destroy their livelihoods or the resulting diseases.
To end poverty, climate change and its impact on poor people must be taken into account in development policies.
In fragile countries, everyone can turn into poverty when a flood destroys a microenterprise or if drought decimates crops or herds. Climate shocks can reverse decades of work and savings and generate irreversible human and material losses.
FXB in action
FXB works to promote Sustainable Development Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its effects.
With a lasting impact on the lives of children and families affected by poverty over the last 33 years, FXB's climate change strategy focuses on building resilience and adapting marginalized communities to the resulting impacts.
Since climate change has an impact on all aspects of communities served by our organization, climate change adaptation strategies are cross-cutting to all FXB projects.
At the same time, FXB is also conducting an education and advocacy programme, the FXB Climate Advocates, which aims to empower young people (13-25 years) from around the world to implement climate solutions in their communities and globally.
Our current programs
ACTIONS RELATED TO OUR PROJECTS:
- Empowerment of women and girls
Women's education is essential to long-term climate resilience. FXB integrates family planning and sexual and reproductive health training and rights into all its projects. As women are the most affected by climate impacts, it is also essential to empower them to exercise their rights and to have financial security. FXB promotes gender equality and prevents all forms of insecurity and violence against them; it promotes the economic and social empowerment of women as a key factor in the fight against poverty and climate change.
- Financial inclusion
To improve community resilience to the consequences of climate change, FXB provides financial training and trains Village Savings and Credit Associations (AVECs) to promote inclusion and financial security. FXB has also initiated a microinsurance system in these groups to enable its members to meet costs related to weather hazards.
- Sustainable agriculture
Agriculture accounts for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, with the aim of making known and adopting more productive and resilient agricultural systems through ecological practices of adaptation to climate change, FXB sets up the Champs Ecoles Paysans, a participatory and community-based educational method that combines the principles and practices of community development, non-formal education, agroecology and adaptive ecosystem management.
- Diversification of livelihoods
FXB promotes diversification of farmers' livelihoods to anticipate the consequences of potential devastation caused by extreme weather conditions.
- Vegetable gardens
Climate change contributes to global food insecurity. FXB provides training and support to its project participants so that they can create environmentally friendly vegetable gardens, ensuring access to quality food and reducing food insecurity.
- Climate education
FXB raises awareness of its projects on more sustainable consumption, water use and production, environmentally friendly waste recycling, the use of solar lamps and disaster risk reduction.
- Healthy environment
Climate change exacerbates water scarcity and air pollution. FXB develops source captures, water points or wells that are maintained and managed by communities. It also promotes the construction of latrines, hand washing stations and the use of improved cooking stoves to reduce respiratory tract infections and deforestation.
EDUCATION AND PLAIDOYING
The FXB Climate Advocates programme aims to empower young people (13-25) from around the world to implement climate solutions in their communities and globally.