The two organizations terre des hommes schweiz in Basel and Terre des Hommes Suisse in Geneva have pooled their expertise and drawn up a joint climate and environmental roadmap. The aim is to implement climate-friendly measures in line with the Paris Agreement. With its roadmap, the Climate Roadmap, Allianz is committed to integrating the reduction of its ecological footprint into all central work processes. It does so because of its accountability to beneficiaries and its credibility as a civil society actor committed to children’s and young people’s rights and climate justice.
Franziska Lauper, Managing Director of terre des hommes schweiz, says: “Young people in our projects have been using sustainable farming methods for decades. They are committed to agroecology and contribute to low-emission agriculture through small-scale farming. As a development policy organization that is committed to climate justice, it is clear that we must first and foremost make our contribution and significantly reduce our ecological footprint. Anything else would be untrustworthy.”
Today, more than one and a half million children under the age of five lose their lives every year due to avoidable environmental pollution, and millions more suffer from its negative effects. A coherent commitment to the well-being of children and young people requires respect for the crucial right of future generations to a healthy and sustainable environment. A more equitable development in terms of resource sharing is therefore the only collectively viable way to meet the present and future needs of humanity. With the Climate Roadmap, the alliance terre des hommes schweiz / Terre des Hommes Suisse is committed to walking this path together in the future.
Christophe Roduit, Secretary General of Terre des Hommes Suisse, emphasizes: “The protection of our environment is an indispensable prerequisite for the respect of all children’s rights. For this reason, Terre des Hommes Suisse is committed in all its actions to taking the necessary measures to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 percent by 2030. We are therefore committed to following this roadmap and are proud to be a pioneer in this area. Children, defending their rights and building their future are at the heart of everything we do. This future also depends on the state of the planet we leave them!”
About us
The Climate Roadmap was developed in collaboration with the Climate Action Accelerator. It is the result of several months of joint work by both teams in Switzerland and in the program countries.
terre des hommes schweiz based in Basel, has been strengthening young people in Africa, Latin America and Switzerland for more than 60 years. Together with them, we fight poverty, violence and discrimination and campaign for the rights of children and young people and fair North-South relations. Our core competence lies in participatory and solution-oriented work with young people.
Terre des Hommes Suisse is an independent non-governmental organization based in Geneva and recognized as a non-profit organization. For over 60 years, it has been working for children and sustainable and solidarity-based development in three main areas: access to quality education adapted to the child’s context, protecting children from all forms of violence and promoting children’s participation in decisions that affect them. The organization is present in 10 countries and 4 continents, where it works in partnership with more than 60 recognized local partners committed to defending children’s rights.
The Climate Action Accelerator is a non-profit association that works to encourage organizations to define their own climate solutions to limit global warming to less than two degrees Celsius and counteract climate change.
Media contacts:
Terre des Hommes Suisse: Emmanuelle Birraux, Responsable communication, Tél. +41 22 727 26 72, e.birraux@terredeshommessuisse.ch
Terre des hommes schweiz: Valerie Wendenburg, Media and Communication, Tel. +41 61 335 91 51, valerie.wendenburg@terredeshommes.ch
