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A climate‐compatible approach to development practice by international humanitarian NGOs
Author(s) -
Clarke Matthew,
de Cruz Ian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/disa.12110
Subject(s) - climate change , face (sociological concept) , context (archaeology) , political science , humanitarian aid , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental planning , business , sociology , law , geography , social science , archaeology , ecology , biology
If current climate‐change predictions prove accurate, non‐linear change, including potentially catastrophic change, is possible and the environments in which international humanitarian NGOs operate will change figuratively and literally. This paper proposes that a new approach to development is required that takes changing climate into account. This ‘climate‐compatible approach’ to development is a bleak shift from some of the current orthodox positions and will be a major challenge to international humanitarian NGOs working with the most vulnerable. However, it is necessary to address the challenges and context such NGOs face, and the need to be resilient and adaptive to these changes.