Climate Action

DCA works with climate action from Copenhagen to Harare, from Kathmandu to Bamako, and from forests and villages to conference halls and government offices.

Every day we see how climate change and environmental damage are getting worse, and how it’s the most vulnerable people who suffer the most. These interconnected challenges are not just future threats, they are already disrupting lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems in the communities we serve.

This means that it is urgent for us to enhance our support to the people and communities that are taking action to not only cope with and recover from these crises, but also to adapt to, address its root causes and advance climate justice.

In 2023 DCA integrated climate and environment action in 43% of our development and humanitarian projects and we are continuously working to scale-up these efforts.

“In DCA we are seeing firsthand how the climate crisis is rapidly escalating and impacting the most vulnerable people the hardest. The climate crisis is happening now and that is why we need to act now”
Mattias Söderberg, Global Climate Lead

Climate Adaptation

Climate adaptation is a long term strategy to minimize the impacts and the stresses caused by climate change.

James Kuony Malua oplever besvær og oversvømmelser på grund af klimakrisen

Loss and Damage

Loss and damage is the negative, unprecedented, and compounding impacts of climate change that go beyond the limits of adaptation.

Climate Mitigation

Climate mitigation is action towards limiting the amount of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.

Environment & Biodiversity

When talking about a green future, we talk about addressing climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss.

Climate Advocacy

DanChurchAid engages partners all over the world in climate advocacy to build connections between advocacy at local, national and global levels.

Engagement

Our work on climate links people, consumers, faith-based actors, civil society partners and the private sector in Denmark and the countries we operate in.

Turn the past into action –
Climate responsibility for 100 years of activities

DanChurchAid has calculated its carbon footprint for its first 100 years and takes responsibility for historical and future emissions – the first major development organisation to take these measures.

About DCA’s climate responsibility

DCA climate insights: Publications for action and advocacy

Explore DanChurchAid’s collection of climate publications, featuring research, case studies, and advocacy tools that inform our efforts to drive climate justice and resilience around the world.

DCA’s climate publications