The last seven years have been the world’s hottest years on record and our planet and its people are desperately calling for change.

Long-term disasters like drought and famine are increasing with 50 million people across 43 countries reported by the UN to be on the brink of famine and in need of immediate support. Unfortunately, there are other health implications too, with the spread of tropical diseases that prefer warmer climates (like malaria). Caring for our neighbour means caring for our planet.

The climate emergency is also worsening inequality. Climate change is both a crisis of unequal making and unequal suffering. Developed countries contributed an estimated 92% of excess historical emissions, while low-income countries contributed just 0.5%.16 The bottom 50% of emitters, who generated just 12% of global emissions, experience 75% of all relative losses, and own only 2% of all [global] wealth.

At Micah, we know that humanitarian development relies on sustainable environmental development and vice versa. This is a call not just to be the good stewards of the planet as tasked by God, but also a call to love our neighbours well. Our neighbours are being displaced from their homes, losing livelihoods and being pushed into poverty. Although the situation seems desperate, we have hope in Christ and in his people to care for one another.