Pablo Suarez, 1970–2024
July 18, 2024
By the Climate Centre(A full account of Pablo’s life and work with the Red Cross […]
South America conferences centre on climate action for cities and through social protection
July 1, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Climate Centre represented the Red Cross Red Crescent at two […]
Papua New Guinea
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Papua New Guinea […]
The Philippines
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of the Philippines and […]
Mozambique
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Mozambique and the […]
Central African Republic
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of the Central African […]
Burkina Faso
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Burkina Faso and […]
Bangladesh
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Bangladesh and the […]
Azerbaijan
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Azerbaijan and the […]
Afghanistan
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Afghanistan and the […]
Annual Report 2023
June 28, 2024
Our multimedia report is here. Hard copy PDF will follow later this year.
‘Climate change impacts us all, but it doesn’t do so equally’
June 27, 2024
By the Climate Centre Against a backdrop of donor funding failing to keep pace with […]
American Red Cross unveils heat-action mural on Juneteenth holiday
June 25, 2024
By the Climate Centre The American Red Cross selected the Juneteenth holiday on 19th of […]
Lessons from Nepal: Coping with hotter and longer heatwaves
June 24, 2024
By Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General, IFRC (This article appeared first last week on the website […]
Anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious diseases: Latin America regional assessment
June 23, 2024
This assessment of Latin America identifies malaria, dengue and cholera as priority diseases, emphasizing the […]
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran floods ‘driven by El Niño but probably exacerbated by climate change’
June 13, 2024
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today.) El Niño […]
Hellenic Red Cross acts ahead of extreme heat in Greece
June 11, 2024
By the Climate Centre (A version of this story appeared first on the Anticipation Hub […]
Mixed picture on climate adaptation in Dutch private sector – NLRC report
June 11, 2024
By the Climate Centre Many Netherlands companies view the climate crisis seriously and are taking […]
Mitigation and greening
June 10, 2024
Over the past two decades, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has played a leading […]
Blog: New StoryMap explores how traditional knowledge addresses climate impacts
June 7, 2024
By Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer, Climate Centre The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre today […]
As El Niño fades, La Niña conditions look likely later this year
June 6, 2024
By the Climate Centre New forecasts collated by the WMO show an equal probability of […]
Climate change made historic floods in southern Brazil twice as likely – Study
June 4, 2024
By the Climate Centre Climate change made the very extreme rainfall that caused destructive floods […]
Heat action day 2024: cool urban art
June 3, 2024
By the Climate Centre National Societies around the world marked global heat action day 2024 […]
Climate change added nearly a month’s worth of extreme heat in past year – Report
May 28, 2024
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release that appeared earlier today; it […]
Study – Storm rainfall in UK and Ireland made 20% heavier by climate change
May 24, 2024
Climate change made the downpours that caused serious floods in the UK and Ireland last […]
Afghanistan reels from successive extreme-weather events, on top of earthquakes and economic crisis
May 21, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC last week expanded its emergency response to lethal flash […]
Brazil: ‘I call for global support and solidarity’
May 15, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC Monday launched an emergency appeal for 8 million Swiss […]
Searing temperatures sweep across Asia, causing distress for millions
May 15, 2024
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued jointly yesterday in Kuala […]
‘We have to do more and more each year … with less’
May 8, 2024
By the Climate Centre (The release of the WMO report on Latin America and the […]
Gaza heatwave adds ‘extra layer of suffering to an already catastrophic humanitarian situation’
May 7, 2024
By the Climate Centre Extreme unseasonal heat across Gaza is believed to have caused the […]
East Africa floods: ‘This is the worst I’ve ever come across in my career’
April 30, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Secretary General of the Kenya Red Cross, Ahmed Idris, has […]
Anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious diseases: East Africa regional assessment
April 29, 2024
This assessment of the East Africa region identifies malaria, dengue and cholera as priority diseases, […]
First-ever Bangladesh Red Crescent activation of early action protocol for heatwave
April 25, 2024
By the Climate Centre (A version of this story appeared first yesterday on the Anticipation […]
Now Asia: Water-related hazards top threat but extreme heat is becoming more severe, says WMO
April 25, 2024
By the Climate Centre Floods and storms in Asia caused the largest number of reported […]
Study – Climate change most likely caused extraordinary rainfall that affected Arabian Peninsula
April 25, 2024
By the Climate Centre Already intense rainfall in El Niño years comparable to what the […]
WMO: Heat-related deaths have risen 30% in Europe over past two decades
April 22, 2024
By the Climate Centre Heat-related deaths in Europe have increased by around 30 per cent […]
Sahel heatwave blamed for some 100 excess deaths in Mali ‘would not have occurred without climate change’ – Study
April 18, 2024
By the Climate Centre The extreme heatwave that hit the Sahel region in late March […]
Blog: Fostering dialogue on mental health and climate change
April 17, 2024
By Devin O’Donnell, Climate Centre The Wellcome Trust today publishes a Climate Centre report on […]
Climate Centre among agencies supported by global fund for humanitarian data
April 14, 2024
By the Climate Centre The UN-hosted Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF’d) has this month […]
Ural river floods worst in the Kazakh-Russia border region ‘for 80 years’
April 12, 2024
By the Climate Centre Official statements and media reports this week have highlighted the seriousness […]
Blog: Mapping for anticipatory action in Timor-Leste
April 4, 2024
By Cornelia Scholz, Climate Centre, Dili (A version of this story appeared first on the […]
‘In 2024 we declare extreme heat a priority’
March 29, 2024
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued yesterday. It has been […]
Bolivia: Drought and floods combine to make safe water a critical challenge
March 25, 2024
By the IFRC (This story appeared first on the IFRC website on Friday, World Water […]
A climate action journey for Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies
March 22, 2024
All seven steps of the climate action journey are now summarized in this brief, encompassing […]
IFRC rolls out full climate action journey after successful National Society trials
March 22, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC and its specialist reference centre on climate are today […]
Blog: Piloting the climate action journey in Malawi
March 22, 2024
By Prisca Chisala, Malawi Red Cross Society Director of Programmes and climate champion (The climate […]
West African heatwave: high humidity made 40°C feel like 50°C
March 21, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) was last week again warning of […]
A climate action journey for Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies
March 20, 2024
All seven steps of the climate action journey are now summarized in this brief, encompassing […]
A climate action journey for Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies
March 20, 2024
All seven steps of the climate action journey are now summarized in this brief, encompassing […]
A climate action journey for Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies
March 20, 2024
All seven steps of the climate action journey are now summarized in this brief, encompassing […]
Spearheading the climate action journey in Malawi
March 20, 2024
In this blog, Prisca Chisala, Malawi Red Cross Society Director of Programmes and climate champion, […]
The importance of scaling up locally led adaptation
March 20, 2024
This brief for National Societies argues that locally led adaptation should be the default approach […]
Record climate change indicators in 2023, says WMO
March 19, 2024
By the Climate Centre Heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones upended everyday […]
‘No rain for three months in some of the Marshall Islands’
March 12, 2024
By the Climate Centre A humanitarian operation supported by the IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund […]
WMO: El Niño peaks as one of the five strongest ever
March 7, 2024
By the Climate Centre (This story is adapted from Tuesday’s press release by the World […]
World Bank global Fragility Forum: ‘Crises are the new normal’
March 6, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Climate Centre last week trailed the forthcoming Movement strategy for […]
Study: Philippine island faces worse landslides with rainfall now 50% more intense
March 5, 2024
By the Climate Centre Already-heavy monsoon rainfall like the event that led to deadly floods […]
IFRC and Nature Conservancy equip Caribbean communities to combat climate crisis
February 27, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Resilient Islands project for the Caribbean – a five-year initiative […]
Q&A: Why do some storms strengthen so fast?
February 21, 2024
By the IFRC Warming oceans and El Niño have caused some storms to gain strength […]
World had warmest January on record
February 16, 2024
By the Climate Centre Last year’s record-breaking trend has continued in 2024 with the hottest […]
‘Extreme fire-weather in Chile driven by climate change and El Niño’
February 9, 2024
By the Climate Centre (Update: the IFRC Monday 12 February issued an emergency humanitarian cash […]
California storms: ‘Going back to the 1870s, this is one of the top three‘
February 6, 2024
By the Climate Centre Millions of people in California are facing serious flood threats and […]
Delhi-based adaptation expert and former IFRC volunteer is new Climate Centre director
February 2, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre today […]
New studies: Scandinavia freeze less likely, Black Sea storm-intensity more so, with climate change
January 31, 2024
By the Climate Centre Two new studies by World Weather Attribution scientists this week have […]
Climate funds and social protection: What is the progress to date?
January 28, 2024
This paper explores the evolving landscape of climate finance for social protection, looking at the […]
Climate risk impacts on employment opportunities for youth in Pakistan
January 28, 2024
This study explores how climate-related risks and hazards are reshaping traditional avenues of job entry […]
Study: Climate change, not El Niño, main driver of exceptional 2023 drought in Amazon basin
January 24, 2024
By the Climate Centre Climate change, not El Niño, was the main driver of last […]
IFRC: Cholera spirals in Zambia
January 17, 2024
By the Climate Centre (This story is based on an IFRC press release issued in […]
WMO confirms 2023 broke global temperature record ‘by a huge margin’
January 12, 2024
By the Climate Centre Last year, as expected, was the warmest on record, and “by […]
Climate change amplified 2023 extremes with planet hair’s breadth away from 1.5°C temperature rise – Researchers
January 9, 2024
By the Climate Centre The 2023 global mean temperature reached 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels, and […]
British Red Cross volunteers help with mopping up after eighth named storm in three months
January 8, 2024
By the Climate Centre The UK Environment Agency yesterday called on the public to remain […]
Review of the Year 2023
December 17, 2023
by the Climate Centre (A snapshot of the year’s events and our engagement with them […]
COP28: ‘A step in the right direction but we needed a leap’
December 13, 2023
By the IFRC (This story is a news release that appeared first on the IFRC […]
IFRC: Key points for new president, Kate Forbes, are ‘urgent issues of climate change and migration’
December 12, 2023
By the Climate Centre (A version of this story appeared first yesterday as an IFRC […]
Blog: Exploring the link between universal health coverage and social protection
December 12, 2023
By Sajanika Sivanu, Climate Centre, TorontoThe Climate Centre has today – Universal Health Coverage Day […]
Universal health coverage as a crucial pillar for social protection
December 12, 2023
A comprehensive overview of the role of universal health coverage as a pillar of social […]
New EU call for proposals to strengthen resilience in Europe
December 11, 2023
By the Climate Centre The first call for proposals was announced recently for Pathways2Resilience (P2R) […]
‘Uncomfortable but necessary conversations at #DCDays about shifting the status quo’ – COP28
December 8, 2023
By the Climate Centre (A longer version of this story appeared first earlier today on […]
COP28: Loss and damage – the vital arguments
December 7, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Climate Centre today published a summary of key findings on […]
Key findings related to loss and damage from the Working Group II report of the sixth IPCC assessment of the global climate
December 7, 2023
This report summarizes AR6 Working Group II findings, enabling them to be translated into actionable […]
COP28: IFRC and international local government association seal ‘already strong relationship’
December 5, 2023
By the Climate Centre The IFRC yesterday formalized a cooperation agreement with ICLEI – the […]
COP28: ‘The climate and environmental crisis is the IFRC’s top global challenge’
November 30, 2023
By the Climate Centre (A version of this story appeared first as an IFRC press […]