Press releases

Global leaders must make progress on increasing levels of climate financing at COP28, as well as delivering on existing funding commitments, and ensuring funds reach the world’s poorest countries which are severely impacted by climate change, Concern Worldwide warned today.

An Irish aid worker is calling for more international support for the millions of people displaced in Sudan after returning from the war-torn country. Concern Worldwide’s interim country director for Sudan, Dominic MacSorley, has just returned from battle-scarred towns in Darfur in the north-east African nation which were the scene of intensive fighting in recent weeks. 

Irish humanitarian aid has reached war-weary civilians in Sudan where a major conflict has been raging for half a year displacing over 5.7 million people. 

Irish/Somali activist and campaigner, Ifrah Ahmed, has been named as this year’s honouree at Concern Worldwide’s annual Women of Concern event.

Multiple over-lapping crises are impeding global efforts to tackle hunger, according to the 2023 Global Hunger Index (GHI) which shows that hunger levels are at “serious” or “alarming” levels in 43 countries.

Concern welcomes the increased allocations for Official Development Assistance (ODA) and climate finance, announced in today’s Budget. 

Concern's newly appointed Youth Climate Ambassador has just returned from northern Kenya where she visited communities which are working to adapt to some of the harshest impacts of climate change.

Kerry Group won a major prize at last night’s Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards for their work with Concern Worldwide in Niger.