A man and his family take care of their community's new solar panals in Afghanistan. © CARE/Jenny MatthewsCARE International UK's response to climate change is facilitated by a dedicated Secretariat located within CARE International’s Poverty, Environment and Climate Change Network (PECCN).
It consists of hundreds of professionals from CARE and partner organisations. PECCN is committed to addressing the challenges of environmental change from the perspective of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.
The Network supports CARE International Members, Country Offices and their partners to develop innovative, people-centred climate change programming that can be shared and replicated at national and global levels. For example, we are working with rural community members to improve their livelihoods through better management and governance of natural resources.
It also works to influence international conventions, as well as regional and national policy frameworks, to more effectively address the interests and rights of poor and marginalised people. For example, CARE International sent a delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Convention in 2009 in Copenhagen.
CARE UK’s policy focus within the network is on climate change adaptation. We work to influence UK policy to release funds that allow vulnerable communities to better protect themselves. We also link debates around climate change to discussions around trade, agriculture and food prices. The UK government must adopt sustainable approaches to climate change to prevent further degradation of vulnerable livelihoods.
You can find out more about PECCN’s work here.
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I have eight family members who depend on the floating garden for vegetables now." CARE has helped Anowara create a floating garden which can withstand increased and intense flooding in Bangladesh. 
