Abstract: Submission #105

Abstract Globally, climate change and wars create a precarious situation due to economic, social, and mortality impacts. The primary aim of this paper is to examine social workers' role in influencing policies to address climate change, wars, and environmental sustainability by advocating for human rights and social justice for affected, diverse, and marginalised populations. Social workers play a crucial role in communities impacted by environmental degradation. They advocate for those affected by wars by fostering peace through the Social Work Associations, especially in the countries that are impacted. The provision of successful peace-building activities fosters a supportive environment for self-sustaining and durable peace, reconciles opponents, prevents conflict from reigniting, integrates civil society, promotes good governance, and addresses underlying structures and societal issues. The provision of policy frameworks to address sustainable practices and ensure equitable access to resources serves as a priority for effective policies. Hence, social workers are expected to advocate through raising awareness, influencing decision-making, mediating, and mobilising public support for these causes. Google Scholar and Scopus will be employed to explore these discourses. The findings will assist the government and various countries to improve policies, build sustainable social networks across conflict boundaries, and address environmental degradation and a diverse, marginalised Society.
Keywords
Policies, climate change, good governance, social workers, and resources