ABOUT US
Our Vision: Habitable earth and resilient Communities Goal: communities towards sustainable climate action, health and wellbeing
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About Us
Climate change, with its rising sea levels, floods, and droughts, significantly threatens public health and social stability. It undermines development progress by disrupting resource management, health, productivity, food security, and increasing conflict, poverty, internal displacement, and refugee crises.
The effects of climate change extend to social and environmental factors such as access to clean air, safe drinking water, adequate food, and secure shelter. It can also lead to health issues like mental disorders and a rising demand for nutritional, energy, and human rights support. Additionally, climate change weakens social cohesion and presents nutritional challenges for vulnerable communities.
The African Community for Climate Change (ACCRCC) aims to incorporate mental health, conflict resolution, population health, and nutritional management into strategic planning and policy development to alleviate the long-term impact of these challenges.
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GOAL AIM AND OBJECTIVES
As a Pan African entity, ACCRCC aims to advocate for the inclusion of mental health, conflict resolution, population, health, and nutritional management in strategic planning and policy formulation that address the impact of climate change in order to contribute to the Region’s burden reduction for sustainable development.Goal The ACCRCC’s main goal is to build community resilience to climate change
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Area of Focus Community-based responses to climate change (CRCC) Gender equality and women’s empowerment in climate-resilient agriculture Advocacy on climate change and resilience Learning and research programs
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World aids day Statement from the African Coalition of Communities Responsive to Climate Change on World AIDS Day 2024
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World aids day Statement from the African Coalition of Communities Responsive to Climate Change on World AIDS Day 2024
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Objectives
In support of its primary mission, the organization aims to achieve several key goals and objectives
Objectives
- Advocate for the development of positive policies and legislative frameworks that consider the impacts of climate change.
- Support and coordinate civil society organizations in actively participating in climate change discussions at local, national, regional, and international levels, including at Conferences of Parties (COP) and subsidiary bodies.
- Raise awareness and build the capacity of local African communities and civil society to reduce climate change vulnerability by implementing community-based adaptation and resilience projects.
- Establish national movements against climate change and provide a platform for diverse civil society voices to contribute to societal roles, promoting sustainability and enabling effective community participation in climate actions.
- Create spaces for sharing information, knowledge, and best practices on climate change.
- Build resilience in communities vulnerable to climate change impacts.
- Offer psychosocial support for mental health issues related to climate change.
- Advocate for policies addressing climate-related conflicts, security concerns, and migration.
- Play a key role in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation efforts.
- Support vulnerable communities in adopting climate-smart agricultural practices.
- Advocate for gender-sensitive policies related to climate change.