The effects of climate change are being noticed all over the world. But for poor countries and communities, climate change is a reality they don’t have the resources to fight.

Though there is some dispute about the cause of climate change, there is now widespread agreement that the production of greenhouse gases by the industrialised processes of developed countries has been a major contributing factor.

However, many developed countries have succeeded in creating enormous wealth, a wealth that can be used to mitigate some of the effects of climate change. For example, when droughts or floods damage crops in one part of Australia, many people will be able to afford - at least for a short time - to pay extra for crops to be shipped in from elsewhere.

For the poorest of the poor, this option simply may not exist.

Poor countries, in many cases, have been lesser contributors to the causes of climate change. Yet for them, the effects of climate change are far more devastating. World Vision is working with communities across the world - in parts of Asia, Africa and South America - who are without the resources to replace or recover their crops and homes when beset by abnormal weather events.

Climate change has the very real potential to create mass homelessness, starvation and disease. So, we are working hard to ensure this does not become the new global reality.