Organizations Involved

       Climate change is one of the most underrated, natural disasters we have and as of right now, Washington is one, of the many places affected by climate change, and this issue is only going to get worse if we don't do something about it. People don’t know the long term effects of climate change and they don't really care about it, but organizations such as Friends of the Earth, Afri, and Oxfam, realizes that if we don't do something soon to help control the climate change, people could lose their homes and quite possibly, their lives.

 

Friends of the Earth

       Friends of the Earth, is a non governmental organization that works in 75 different countries. Their main goal is to defend the environment and have a healthy and sustainable world. As of right now, Friends of the Earth top priority is to stop the use of fossil fuels by finding alternative ways of getting energy such as solar power. If they can find a way to stop using fossil fuels to create energy, that would be a big step in helping stop climate change not only in Washington, but in the rest of the world as well.

 

 

 Afri

      

        Afri stands for Aid From the Republic of Ireland and was founded in 1975. This organization's mission is to promote global justice and respond to the threat of climate change. Although, Afri is mostly working on trying to prevent poverty, they do have a concern in climate change. Some studies show that climate change is one of the factors that causes poverty, so Afri believes, that if they can help stop climate change, they will also be helping in stopping poverty to.

 

Oxfam

        Oxfam stands for Oxford Committee for Famine Relief and they were founded in 1942. Oxfam’s works with people in over 90 different countries and there vision is to have a world without poverty. There mission is to create long lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice. Similar to Afri, Oxfam is trying to pervert poverty by finding solutions to climate change. Oxfam believes that as climate change advances, it is the poorest countries that get hit the hardest and they feel it is their duty to help these poor countries avoid harm and adapt to the weather patterns.