World leaders will gather at the UN Headquarters in New York on 22 April for the initial signing ceremony of the Paris climate agreement.
People fleeing attacks by Boko Haram fighters in southeast Niger are in desperate need of aid.
As Ethiopia’s long-running drought worsens, more than 10.2 million people now need food assistance for their survival and 48,000 children under five are suffering from severe malnutrition.
"We were hoping for courage and creativity from leaders to tackle climate change, yet the draft agreement lacks ambition and does not offer an adequate solution to this global emergency," says Caritas.
The Amazon in particular will suffer from further global warming that will endanger the forests.
World leaders, scientists, civil society and activists will gather in Paris between 30th November - 11th December for the COP21 climate summit.
Caritas is appealing for funds help build farmers’ and communties’ resilience to drought in response to food shortages in Ethiopia.
Caritas and CIDSE say that the UN climate summit in Paris (COP21) needs to respond to the urgency of dangerous climate change but also serve as a milestone for creating a unified vision for the future of humanity leaving no one behind.
Without the leadership of Europe and other industrialised countries, strategies to mitigate climate change will not be successful.
Find here some Caritas resources on climate including films, reports, stories and prayers.