International Peace Alliance

LOVE THE PLANET

Advancing the right of people living in poverty to adequate and sustainable livelihoods is a cornerstone of IPA’s work. Alongside the growth in demand for natural resources, climate change exacerbates pressure on land with powerful interests competing for control over the land, water, forest and energy resources upon which poor communities depend for survival.

To this purpose and with the development of a network of actors, the IPA participates in the advancement of new solutions, collaborations, and knowledge sharing by connecting individuals and communities, and organizing events and conferences with a focus on three main areas:

Building resilience to and campaigning to fight the climate crisis
Protecting land rights and natural resources
Supporting small-scale farmers and workers

THE NUMBERS

821 M

821 million people around the world face chronic food deprivation. This is a return to levels from almost a decade ago.

20 M

In 2017, over 20 million people were on the brink of starvation and in need of humanitarian assistance in East Africa due to the impact of climate change.

5%

For products like Ecuadorian bananas or Indian tea, less than 5% of the price paid by consumers in Europe and the US reach small-scale farmers.

100 M

The World Food Program estimates that giving women farmers more resources could reduce the number of hungry people in the world by 100-150 million.

1/5

Indigenous Peoples and local communities legally own just one-fifth of the lands they manage collectively and have protected for centuries.

*Oxfam Data

Building Resilience and Fighting Climate Change

IPA’s strategy for resilience to the climate crisis provides a broad framework on inclusive humanitarian and development trajectories focused on the poorest of the poor in the areas of: 1) smallholder agriculture; 2) water; 3) urban resilience; and 4) natural resource management.

To this end, IPA practices and promotes the application and the monitoring of science-based, evidence-based, adapted and applied methodologies for its sustainable development projects. In practicing and promoting a multi-disciplinary approach to conservation, IPA takes into account conservation science, environmental law, and social science inclusive of economic, political and cultural contexts.

Protecting Land Rights and Natural Resources

IPA supports peoples and communities in their struggle to defend their land and their right to life-sustaining natural resources and against pollution and other threats by advocating for fairer laws and policies, at a national and global level.

IPA’s work focuses also on the conservation of high ecological value areas such as primary forests and zones with low anthropic activities, with an emphasis on a holistic approach to the sanctuarization of these areas and preservation of all elements that make up these natural ecosystems and the biodiversity they contain.

Supporting Small-Scale Farmers and Workers

Climate change has serious implications for global food production and food security. Data shows investment in small-scale farming - particularly women farmers – to be a proven success in many countries. It can help produce enough to feed a growing population and reduce poverty.

With the participation of its partners, IPA works to make small farms more productive by helping local producers with sustainable techniques, by supporting them to work together in cooperatives and producer organizations, and to advocate to their governments for the investment they need. We also campaign for the right to dignified work in food value chains.

ALLIANCE INTERNATIONALE DE LA PAIX