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South Sudan food insecurity: ‘Holding on to hope the rains will not fail’

South Sudan food insecurity: ‘Holding on to hope the rains will not fail’
6 August 2023

By Anna Wanjiru, IFRC Senior Regional Communications Officer, Nairobi (This story appeared first on the IFRC website last Wednesday.)Most countries [...]

WMO: Warming trend in Asia since 1991 almost double previous three decades

WMO: Warming trend in Asia since 1991 almost double previous three decades
28 July 2023

By the Climate Centre Extreme weather and the impacts of climate change are intensifying in what is already the world’s [...]

North American and European heatwaves virtually impossible without climate change – study

North American and European heatwaves virtually impossible without climate change – study
25 July 2023

By the Climate Centre The death toll as wildfires swept across parts of Algeria has risen to 34 people, including [...]

IFRC: heatwaves need not be lethal with ‘simple, low-cost measures’

IFRC: heatwaves need not be lethal with ‘simple, low-cost measures’
18 July 2023

By the Climate Centre With red alerts for heat danger issued in at least seven European countries, the IFRC today [...]

‘It’s raining like never before’ (in Japan)

‘It’s raining like never before’ (in Japan)
14 July 2023

By the Climate CentreTemperatures up to 5°C above average are forecast to continue in the Mediterranean region at least for [...]

10,000 young Red Crescent volunteers in Iran plant ten trees each for people and planet

10,000 young Red Crescent volunteers in Iran plant ten trees each for people and planet
12 July 2023

By the IFRC (This story appeared first on the IFRC website on Monday.) Planting a single tree may seem like [...]

Preliminary data shows the world just had the hottest week on record

Preliminary data shows the world just had the hottest week on record
11 July 2023

By the Climate CentrePreliminary data from Japanese scientists shows the average global temperature on 7 July was 17.24°C – or [...]

International research effort launched to reduce cyclone impacts in Southern Africa

International research effort launched to reduce cyclone impacts in Southern Africa
9 July 2023

By the Climate Centre An international collaboration aimed at improving early warning and enhancing resilience to tropical cyclones in Madagascar, [...]

Global warming in Latin America and Caribbean causing ‘vicious circle of spiralling impacts on countries and communities’

Global warming in Latin America and Caribbean causing ‘vicious circle of spiralling impacts on countries and communities’
7 July 2023

By the Climate Centre Global warming is accelerating in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting what the World Meteorological Organization [...]

‘It’s time to act!’: Italian Red Cross launches second phase of climate engagement campaign

‘It’s time to act!’: Italian Red Cross launches second phase of climate engagement campaign
6 July 2023

By the Climate Centre The Italian Red Cross (CRI) today launched the second two-year phase of its campaign to raise [...]

WMO: El Niño is here

WMO: El Niño is here
4 July 2023

By the Climate Centre El Niño conditions have developed for the first time in seven years, setting the stage for [...]

Central Africa ‘will struggle to gauge climate risks’ without more investment in meteorological data

Central Africa ‘will struggle to gauge climate risks’ without more investment in meteorological data
29 June 2023

By the Climate Centre Without help for investment in weather stations, climate science and human vulnerability in central Africa, the [...]

Innovation summit 2023: ‘A fantastic opportunity to reimagine humanitarian action’

Innovation summit 2023: ‘A fantastic opportunity to reimagine humanitarian action’
26 June 2023

By the Climate Centre Describing the IFRC Global Innovation Summit 2023 as “a fantastic opportunity to reimagine humanitarian action”, Secretary [...]

Humanitarian funding: ‘A crisis within a crisis’

Humanitarian funding: ‘A crisis within a crisis’
23 June 2023

By the Climate Centre United Nations Secretary General António Guterres this week said that halfway through the year, the UN [...]

Red Cross youth training in the Solomon Islands for global climate action

Red Cross youth training in the Solomon Islands for global climate action
21 June 2023

By the Climate Centre The Solomon Islands Red Cross Society last week conducted a successful pilot training session on climate [...]

Europe, the fastest-warming continent, faces ‘major human, economic, environmental toll’ from climate impacts

Europe, the fastest-warming continent, faces ‘major human, economic, environmental toll’ from climate impacts
19 June 2023

By the Climate CentreClimate change is taking a “major human, economic and environmental toll in Europe, the fastest warming continent [...]

Factor health into adaptation finance – Climate Centre study

Factor health into adaptation finance – Climate Centre study
15 June 2023

By the Climate Centre Climate Centre research indicating that adaptation finance for health remains very low judged by needs assessed [...]

Mauritania: Thousands of food-insecure families need urgent assistance as Sahel battles food crisis

Mauritania: Thousands of food-insecure families need urgent assistance as Sahel battles food crisis
12 June 2023

By the IFRC (This story appeared first on the IFRC website earlier today. Mauritania last month became the latest country [...]

DREF grant to help Sri Lanka Red Cross fight dengue surge

DREF grant to help Sri Lanka Red Cross fight dengue surge
9 June 2023

By the Climate Centre The Sri Lankan government Wednesday reported nearly 2,400 new cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever during last [...]

Red Cross in North America helping millions protect against smoke from new Canadian wildfires

Red Cross in North America helping millions protect against smoke from new Canadian wildfires
8 June 2023

By the Climate Centre Tens of millions of people in North America have been advised to wear face-masks outdoors or [...]

2 June, Heat Action Day 2023: heatwaves are intensifying but together we can #BeatTheHeat

2 June, Heat Action Day 2023: heatwaves are intensifying but together we can #BeatTheHeat
2 June 2023

By the IFRC(This story first appeared for on the IFRC website earlier today, 2 June, #HeatActionDay2023; it has been edited [...]

US forecasters: 50% chance of above-normal cyclone activity in the central Pacific

US forecasters: 50% chance of above-normal cyclone activity in the central Pacific
28 May 2023

By the Climate Centre US forecasters last week issued seasonal outlooks for tropical storms in the Atlantic and the central [...]

Amid ‘particular concern’ over climate-related illness and heat, #MeteoWorld resolves to expand services for public health

Amid ‘particular concern’ over climate-related illness and heat, #MeteoWorld resolves to expand services for public health
26 May 2023

By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Congress, which opened in Geneva on Monday, has agreed to scale up services [...]

‘Thanks to early warning and disaster management, catastrophic mortality rates are history’

‘Thanks to early warning and disaster management, catastrophic mortality rates are history’
22 May 2023

By the Climate Centre (The IFRC last week launched an emergency appeal for 5 million Swiss francs to assist the [...]

ICRC: Climate change and conflict combine to increase humanitarian needs in the Middle East

ICRC: Climate change and conflict combine to increase humanitarian needs in the Middle East
19 May 2023

By the ICRC (This story is an ICRC release issued yesterday from Geneva. The new Making Adaptation Work report is [...]

Russian Red Cross faces new wildfire emergency

Russian Red Cross faces new wildfire emergency
18 May 2023

By the Climate Centre The northern hemisphere has seen “significant wildfire activity” this month and last, with large fires burning [...]

WMO: Global temperatures likely to surge to record levels over next five years

WMO: Global temperatures likely to surge to record levels over next five years
17 May 2023

By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Organization’s 2023 Annual-to-Decadal Climate Prediction, which has just been released, says there is [...]

IFRC: Access and time crucial to help families in Myanmar and Bangladesh affected by Cyclone Mocha

IFRC: Access and time crucial to help families in Myanmar and Bangladesh affected by Cyclone Mocha
16 May 2023

By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Kuala Lumpur and Geneva.)The strongest cyclone [...]

Cyclone Mocha: Accurate forecasts spur preparedness in Myanmar and Bangladesh

Cyclone Mocha: Accurate forecasts spur preparedness in Myanmar and Bangladesh
15 May 2023

By the Climate Centre The Mocha system made landfall early afternoon local time on the north-west coast of Myanmar yesterday [...]

Study: Western Mediterranean heatwave rare even for today’s warmed world

Study: Western Mediterranean heatwave rare even for today’s warmed world
7 May 2023

By the Climate Centre A rapid study of last month’s extraordinary heatwave in the western Mediterranean by World Weather Attribution [...]

Social protection and WASH can achieve common goals

Social protection and WASH can achieve common goals
4 May 2023

By Sajanika Sivanu, Climate Centre, Toronto, Canada The Climate Centre and the Norwegian Red Cross this week released a new [...]

WMO: Prepare for El Niño

WMO: Prepare for El Niño
3 May 2023

By the Climate CentreThe probability of El Niño developing later this year is increasing, the World Meteorological Organization said today, [...]

Iberian peninsula heat breaks April record for Spain by nearly 5°C

Iberian peninsula heat breaks April record for Spain by nearly 5°C
1 May 2023

By the Climate Centre The Spanish Red Cross (CRE) was last week reaching out to vulnerable groups such as the [...]

‘Exceptional drought’ in Horn of Africa would not have occurred without climate change – Study

‘Exceptional drought’ in Horn of Africa would not have occurred without climate change – Study
27 April 2023

By the Climate Centre Climate change has turned what would have been manageable ‘dry’ conditions in the Horn of Africa [...]

New at #HNPW: Report reveals scale of anticipatory action worldwide

New at #HNPW: Report reveals scale of anticipatory action worldwide
26 April 2023

By the Anticipation Hub (A version of this story appeared first yesterday on the Anticipation Hub website; it has been [...]

WMO global climate report: ‘Melting of some European glaciers literally off the charts’

WMO global climate report: ‘Melting of some European glaciers literally off the charts’
21 April 2023

By the Climate Centre The State of the Global Climate 2022 report published by the World Meteorological Organization earlier today [...]

Relief operation for 12,000 people affected by Uruguay drought after DREF for Red Cross assessment

Relief operation for 12,000 people affected by Uruguay drought after DREF for Red Cross assessment
20 April 2023

By the Climate Centre The Uruguayan Red Cross earlier this year was supported by the IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund [...]

IFRC reference centres partner with new Connecting Climate Minds global project

IFRC reference centres partner with new Connecting Climate Minds global project
18 April 2023

By the Climate Centre A ground-breaking project to catalyse global research at the intersection of climate change and mental health [...]

Yemen Red Crescent prepares for forecast ‘severe weather’ in year’s first rainy season

Yemen Red Crescent prepares for forecast ‘severe weather’ in year’s first rainy season
17 April 2023

By the Climate Centre Heavy seasonal rainfall since mid-March has caused flooding in many of Yemen’s governorates, affecting more than [...]

Red Cross battles climate impacts on two fronts in Kenya

Red Cross battles climate impacts on two fronts in Kenya
12 April 2023

By the Climate Centre The start of the long rains in Kenya last month caused floods across northern and southern [...]

Early-spring wildfires ‘augur summer worries’ for Spain

Early-spring wildfires ‘augur summer worries’ for Spain
5 April 2023

By the Climate Centre Some 200 local Spanish Red Cross volunteers in four specialist teams were deployed late last week [...]

EU looks to ‘non-traditional donors’ to help blunt climate-driven disaster

EU looks to ‘non-traditional donors’ to help blunt climate-driven disaster
31 March 2023

By the Climate Centre The European Humanitarian Forum in Brussels last week focused on the “effectiveness and efficiency of aid, [...]

WMO celebrates 150 years of ‘cooperation and data exchange’

<strong>WMO celebrates 150 years of ‘cooperation and data exchange’</strong>
23 March 2023

By the Climate Centre World Meteorological Day today – marked every year on 23 March to commemorate the 1950 agreement [...]

In TC Freddy’s wake, UN convenes multi-agency panel to accelerate early-warning worldwide

In TC Freddy’s wake, UN convenes multi-agency panel to accelerate early-warning worldwide
22 March 2023

By the Climate Centre Arguing that record Cyclone Freddy in Southern Africa once again shows the paramount importance of early [...]

‘Feasible, effective options’ to reduce emissions and adapt remain, but it means fundamental transformation

‘Feasible, effective options’ to reduce emissions and adapt remain, but it means fundamental transformation
20 March 2023

By the Climate Centre The IPCC’s summary of its now-complete sixth assessment of the global climate was published today after [...]

TC Freddy may break record for the longest-lasting cyclone

TC Freddy may break record for the longest-lasting cyclone
15 March 2023

By the Climate Centre The Malawi government said yesterday that record-breaking Cyclone Freddy had claimed nearly 200 lives as it [...]

The Hague round table: ‘The more fragile a country is, the less climate finance it gets’

<strong>The Hague round table: ‘The more fragile a country is, the less climate finance it gets’</strong>
8 March 2023

By the Climate Centre This year’s round table on climate and security in The Hague yesterday covered the growing challenge [...]

Heat-health experts meet in-person for the first time since pandemic

Heat-health experts meet in-person for the first time since pandemic
6 March 2023

By the Climate Centre The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre last week represented the Movement at the first in-person [...]

Back-to-back cyclones in South Pacific mean ‘huge immediate needs’

Back-to-back cyclones in South Pacific mean ‘huge immediate needs’
5 March 2023

By the Climate Centre (This story is edited from IFRC press releases and social media linked in the first two [...]

WMO: Long-lived La Niña ending, but not soon enough to ease Horn drought

WMO: Long-lived La Niña ending, but not soon enough to ease Horn drought
1 March 2023

By the Climate Centre A warming El Niño event “may develop in the coming months” after three years straight of [...]

Rapid IFRC cash grants help National Societies address Cyclone Freddy impacts

<strong>Rapid IFRC cash grants help National Societies address Cyclone Freddy impacts</strong>
27 February 2023

By the Climate Centre Two grants from the IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund approved last week are helping the Malagasy [...]