Climate, Environment and Energy

Extreme weather, climate-related disasters, and dire environmental conditions such as severe drought, flooding, and unexpected changes in rainfall patterns are devastating communities, weakening critical infrastructure, threatening lives and livelihoods, and forcing millions of people to leave their homes in search of safety and better opportunities.  GIST helps people cope with the immediate impacts of climate-related events, adapt to changing conditions, and make a more resilient future possible.

The most vulnerable people in the world are disproportionately exposed to extreme weather events, more reliant on natural resources, and least able to cope with, and adapt to, negative environmental impacts. When farmers suffer from drought, communities face devastating floods year after year, or entrepreneurs don’t have sustainable electricity to power their businesses, more complex crises arise.

Addressing the underlying challenges of climate change, water security, natural resource management, and access to energy is critical to supporting people in fragile places to adapt their lives to new risks, while transforming communities and economies over time. That’s why we focus on climate solutions that deliver practical, meaningful change at the local level, then mobilize our global team to identify opportunities for scaling and replication worldwide.

GIST launched the Climate: Possible campaign to help make a climate-resilient future possible for more communities around the world. Our Climate: Possible position paper series articulates proven and high-potential solutions to climate challenges, drawing on GIST extensive experience, evidence, and insights from operating in the most fragile, climate-vulnerable contexts.

Migration

Energy

Livestock