charities to plan for climate change
UK charities must plan and prepare for the impact of climate
change now to ensure they are ready to cope with changing demands
on their services in the future.
New guidance for voluntary and community groups encourages them
to think beyond reducing their own carbon footprint to consider how
the people and communities they help may need extra support to deal
with flooding, heat waves and rising costs brought on by climate
change.
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations together with
Green Alliance and Global Action Plan have completed a pilot
project with four major UK charities to work through how the
world's changing climate could directly affect their beneficiaries
and what they need to do now to protect services and people in the
future. The charities involved were the British Red Cross, Equinox
Care, Friends of the Elderly and the Royal National Institute for
Blind People.
Voluntary and community groups can find advice on how to explore
the possible effects of climate change on their beneficiaries and
the work they do, along with tips on ways to respond to this
challenge on
NCVO's website.
