UN humanitarian and development agencies have quietly transformed the way that they talk about climate change, The Independent has found, with internal strategy documents showing a sharp decline in references to the issue since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Key agencies including the World Food Programme, the International Organisation for Migration, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and the UN Development Programme are all talking significantly less about climate change in strategic documents that drive their multi-billion dollar programmes. This is despite the fact that the climate crisis is only intensifying as each year passes, driving record heatwaves, devastating droughts, and catastrophic flooding around the world.
