Blog: PfR legacy on Odisha coast – helping to preserve catches and livelihoods
August 29, 2018
(Sanne Hogesteeger travelled to India as part of a visit to Partners for Resilience project […]
US space agency and Climate Centre brainstorm ways of linking humanitarian work with Earth observation
August 26, 2018
(This story appeared first on Friday on the SERVIR Global website. It has been edited […]
Not all trash is waste, say Haiti youth
August 26, 2018
“ECEAUH has identified the lack of waste disposal as one of Haiti’s most serious environmental […]
Swathes of South India underwater after worst floods in a century
August 21, 2018
(This story appeared first on the IFRC website on Monday.) Hundreds of thousands of people […]
Food and livelihoods under threat worldwide as droughts hit
August 13, 2018
(This story appeared first earlier today on the IFRC news site.) Millions of people are […]
‘The world is losing the war on climate change’
August 10, 2018
For those of us working on the humanitarian impacts of climate change, last week provided […]
Ecuador met service award for joint FbF work with Red Cross
August 9, 2018
Ecuador’s National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI*) Monday presented the country’s Red Cross society with […]
Uganda’s Red Cross and met authority sign MOU
August 8, 2018
The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) last Friday became the latest National Society to sign a […]
North Korea declares emergency over heatwave threat to people and crops
August 7, 2018
Official media in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) say the government has declared […]
Greenhouse gases, sea levels, warm oceans, shrinking ice caps all set new records last year, say scientists
August 6, 2018
The new annual State of the Climate report from an international group of some 500 […]
IFRC warns of heatwave risks as Spain and Portugal face hottest weather in modern record
August 3, 2018
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Geneva and Budapest.) Spain […]
Australian Red Cross launches month-long appeal for farmers struggling against the #BigDry
August 2, 2018
(This story is a press release that appeared first on the website of the Australian […]
Heavy, continuous monsoon rain across East Asia tests humanitarian system as IFRC announces emergency cash for Philippines
August 1, 2018
Three intense weather systems in five days have caused floods in the Philippines affecting nearly […]
Summer wildfires continue to cause havoc in northern hemisphere
July 30, 2018
The Greek authorities this weekend raised to 88 the number of people who died in […]
International assistance arrives in Sweden to help fight ‘70 forest fires, large and small’
July 20, 2018
The Swedish Red Cross says a combination of very little rain and hot weather has […]
Tabitha Berg: Cook Islands climate champion
July 19, 2018
(This story appeared first earlier today on the IFRC news site.) By day Tabitha Berg […]
With 3m people affected by floods in China and Mongolia rain of ‘unprecedented intensity’, Red Cross confronts extreme weather across E Asia
July 18, 2018
The IFRC yesterday released nearly US$ 400,000 from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund to aid […]
Climate change tripled likelihood of drought that pushed Cape Town water crisis to ‘Day Zero’ brink, say scientists
July 16, 2018
(This story is a press release issued by the WWA partnership on Friday, along with […]
: Influence of climate change on weather becoming clearer (say hello to a warmer world)
July 11, 2018
A collaboration between European meteorological services known as EUPHEME will soon be able promptly to […]
‘I have lived here all my life. I have never seen anything like this’
July 9, 2018
Japanese public broadcaster NHK Monday reported that an all-out search and rescue operation is now […]
Lethal eastern Canada heatwave forecast to abate
July 6, 2018
Local officials yesterday raised to 34 the number of people they say have died in […]
A journey for a thousand smiles: Stories of resilient people
July 5, 2018
A selection of ten compelling case studies from Partners for Resilience in Indonesia.
AMCDRR: Integrated risk management puts down roots in Indonesia
July 5, 2018
The Partners for Resilience country team in Indonesia this week published a compendium of case […]
AMCDRR: Red Cross tackles humanitarian needs in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
July 5, 2018
(Thanks to its unique mandate the Red Cross is one of few humanitarian organizations working […]
The climate science that matters for humanitarians: first IPCC lead-author meeting of ‘AR6’ cycle
July 3, 2018
Lead authors from the IPCC’s Working Group I, covering the science of climate change, Friday […]
AMCDRR: ‘Female leadership is crucial in building resilient communities’
July 3, 2018
(This opinion piece appeared first last week on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. […]
WMO: Caribbean edges toward regionwide, people-centred early warning
July 2, 2018
The Caribbean is moving closer to a regional strategy to “strengthen people-centred early warning systems […]
Cape Town #AF2018 session debates adapting social protection for adaptation
July 2, 2018
The 2018 Adaptation Futures in Cape Town was all about possibilities. Discussions at both plenary […]
SA Red Cross at #AF2018: Scientists, researchers and people directly affected must find common language on climate
June 28, 2018
“Adaptation requires much greater collaboration by all stakeholders”: this was the conclusion of Fernel Campher, […]
EU to world: time for action on climate, security, peace
June 25, 2018
The ICRC Brussels delegation and the Red Cross EU Office took part in a major […]
Heatwave threats rarely a priority for city officials, even as risks rise
June 22, 2018
(This story appeared first yesterday on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website. It is the second […]
Cities face dramatic rise in risks from heat and flood by 2050, researchers say
June 21, 2018
(This story appeared first yesterday on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website. It has been edited […]
Resilience, social protection and integrated risk management
June 18, 2018
This briefing note explains how social protection programmes that benefit individuals and households can complement community-based […]
First Adaptation Futures conference in Africa
June 18, 2018
The fifth international climate change adaptation conference – ‘Adaptation Futures 2018’ – got underway in […]
New state of emergency in snowbound Peru districts includes earlier FbF distribution sites
June 14, 2018
With parts of the country suffering extreme cold and heavy snow in the southern winter, […]
Red Cross-supported goat-rearing helps sustain households in north-east Uganda
June 14, 2018
(A version of this story appeared last week on the website of the Uganda Red […]
As monsoon intensifies, ‘unsung heroes’ bring health and maternal care to Cox’s Bazar camps
June 8, 2018
(This story appeared first on the IFRC website earlier this week) Amidst intensifying monsoon season […]
‘What does not get measured cannot be managed’
June 7, 2018
(This article appeared first earlier this week on the World Bank’s Let’s Talk Development site. […]
Arctic indigenous communities witnesses to ‘unprecedented challenge of climate change’
June 6, 2018
Surface temperatures in the Arctic are expected to remain above average this month and in […]
Sri Lanka Red Cross drone assesses monsoon disaster from the air
June 5, 2018
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) says it has now launched a recovery operation […]
Report: Business must gauge first-order impacts – heat, rain, drought, storms, sea levels – in new global drive for climate-related financial disclosure
May 31, 2018
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is today hosting a key London conference […]
Apps transforming rebuilding projects after typhoons in Viet Nam
May 25, 2018
(This story appeared first earlier this month on the UNDP Viet Nam website. Jenty Kirsch-Wood […]
Mining history (and the skies) for risk informationat fifth Global UR Forum
May 23, 2018
A new report by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) says the […]
‘We can’t engineer a way out of the Bangladesh camps’
May 17, 2018
(This story appeared first last month on the website of the Australian Red Cross. A […]
IFRC writes its page of climate ‘history’ for Talanoa Dialogue in Bonn
May 14, 2018
Governments last Thursday ended two weeks of talks in Bonn on operational guidelines for realizing the […]
Attribution scientists examining devastating Kenya rains for climate change fingerprints
May 11, 2018
With devastating seasonal rains in Kenya yesterday reported by the Kenya Red Cross (KRC) to […]
Inter-agency collaboration in Solomon Islands holds out hope of better warning on drought
May 11, 2018
The Climate Centre is working with Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and […]
‘New humanitarian forecast-based fund could be a game changer’
May 8, 2018
(This story is a press release issued yesterday by the IFRC in Geneva; a Thomson Reuters Foundation […]
Climate change could make atolls uninhabitable as soon as the 2030s, new study says
May 4, 2018
US- and Netherlands-based scientists have used the latest computer technology to estimate the time frame […]
UK blending science, innovation and finance to speed recovery and build resilience
May 2, 2018
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has announced new measures highlighting how “science, innovation […]
Report: Two-thirds of human race would face reduced risk from extreme temperatures with better response to forecasts
May 2, 2018
Better, quicker action in response to forecasts of extreme temperatures could reduce the risks and […]
Drafting an ‘operating manual’ for Paris: IFRC, PfR engage with Bonn effort to unlock practical actions on climate
May 1, 2018
Red Cross Red Crescent and Partners for Resilience specialists yesterday joined government leaders and other […]
On Guatemala’s Pacific coast, PfR helps womenget standards raised on land use, mangrove conservation
May 1, 2018
When they saw how local beaches valued by fishers and tourists alike were being polluted […]
Pacific communities at the forefront of local action and adaptation
April 25, 2018
(This story appeared first on the IFRC news site on Friday. The Marshall Islands Red […]
Going shelter to shelter to survive the monsoon in Cox’s Bazar
April 24, 2018
(This story appeared first yesterday on the IFRC news site. IFRC Head of Emergency Operations, […]
In just 2 months in even the ‘normal’ monsoon now forecast, Bangladesh could get rainfall close to UK
April 22, 2018
Pre-monsoon rains fell last week on what is now regarded as the most densely populated […]
Climate Centre partner scientist’s international award for ‘outstanding service’
April 18, 2018
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) last week gave the 2018 Commission on Climatology Award for […]
Local action, local heroes: PfR works on climate, resilience and livelihoods in the Philippines
April 18, 2018
A week of intensive activity by Partners for Resilience (PfR) and other agencies in the […]
Resilience and environmental protection with PfR in Guatemala (and a school trip)
April 18, 2018
Since the beginning of last year, Partners for Resilience in Guatemala’s Santa Rosa department, through Wetlands […]
CRED data: Almost 90% of 2017 deaths due to climatological, hydrological or meteorological disasters
April 13, 2018
The catastrophic impact of Hurricane Irma last September on the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint […]
Only about 10% of available climate finance reaches local level, NAP Expo told
April 10, 2018
Only about 10 per cent of the climate finance available from international donors is channelled […]
Red Cross Red Crescent scientists to work on next IPCC assessment of the global climate
April 9, 2018
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the UN body created 30 years ago […]
Bracing for a crisis within a crisis in Bangladesh
April 9, 2018
(This story appeared first on the IFRC news site on Friday. Rosemarie North is the […]
PfR advises South Sudan on new strategic plan that ‘integrates community resilience into humanitarian assistance’
April 5, 2018
South Sudan’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MHADM) last week published its Strategic […]
Kenya Red Cross hosts first dialogue platform for forecast-based financing in Africa
April 4, 2018
Ten national African meteorological services were last month represented at the first dialogue platform for […]
Ecuadorean Red Cross starts scoping for forecast-based response to volcanic ash
April 4, 2018
The Ecuadorean Red Cross has begun scoping work for a new German-supported forecast-based financing (FbF) […]
For uprooted survivors of Fiji’s deadly Cyclone Winston, the mental scars linger
March 27, 2018
(This story appeared first yesterday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It has […]
IFRC warns of flood danger in Europe with sudden thaw and heavy rain
March 26, 2018
(This story appeared first on the IFRC website yesterday. In 2016 scientists concluded that climate […]
Climate impacts could displace 140m people by 2050 without ‘concerted global action’, says World Bank
March 23, 2018
It will take concerted global action that includes cutting greenhouse gas emissions and better development […]
Kenya Red Cross: Heavy rains pound Nairobi but drought continues to torment other regions
March 23, 2018
(This story appeared first on the Kenya Red Cross and IFRC websites earlier this week. […]
‘Now more than ever, we need to be weather-ready, climate-smart and water-wise’
March 23, 2018
The theme of this year’s World Meteorological Day – Weather-ready, climate-smart – “highlights the need for […]
Forecast-based action in the humanitarian sector: revolution or evolution?
March 21, 2018
A new report from the UK-based think tank the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) says forecast-based […]
Attribution scientists analyse lethal high winds that swept across Western Europe in January
March 19, 2018
World Weather Attribution (WWA) scientists Friday said the lethally strong winds that battered western Europe in […]
IFRC: Cox’s Bazar residents acutely vulnerable as monsoon season approaches
March 15, 2018
(This story appeared first on the IFRC news site on Friday, together with other photos […]
‘Red Cross turns to climate attribution science to prepare for disasters ahead’
March 14, 2018
(This story appeared first on Monday on the website of InsideClimate News. It has been […]
Looking forward to forecast-based financing in Zambia
March 12, 2018
Zambia last week became the latest country to embrace the forecast-based financing (FbF) model as […]
On the next frontier of research: IPCC cities conference draws mayors, business, experts
March 8, 2018
The three-day Cities and Climate Change Science Conference that aimed to “inspire the next frontier […]
Assessing flood preparedness in the Peruvian Amazon basin
March 1, 2018
March sees the start of the peak flood-season in the Peruvian rain forest, and it […]
Red Cross in Europe urges people to check on neighbours as freeze threatens elderly, homeless and isolated
February 27, 2018
(A press release, including media contacts, on the Red Cross response to the European cold […]
Towards PfR-supported early warning in Haiti’s Artibonite river basin
February 23, 2018
(A version of this story appeared first in French last month on the website of […]
Conflict and climate change in South Sudan
February 21, 2018
(This story appeared first on Monday on the Thomson Reuters Foundation and BRACED project websites. […]
Rakhine refugees: ‘No child should bear the brunt of such a crisis created by adults’
February 21, 2018
Children who fled violence in Myanmar and walked or travelled by boat to safety in […]
NL-supported steps toward resilience in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
February 20, 2018
(This report is now being published on partner websites; it was posted on the Climate […]
A step towards resilience: Joint initiatives addressing protracted crisis in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
February 16, 2018
The three-and-half-year Protracted Crisis Programme for Ethiopia’s Somali Region reached nearly 38,500 people with food […]
A step towards resilience: Joint initiatives addressing protracted crisis in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
February 16, 2018
The three-and-half-year Protracted Crisis Programme for Ethiopia’s Somali Region reached nearly 38,500 people with food […]
New IFRC assistance for herders struggling with extreme winter conditions in Mongolia
February 15, 2018
The IFRC today released US$ 277,000 from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund to enable the […]
As Cyclone Gita heads for New Caledonia, Red Cross hails ‘crafty evacuation plan’ that saved Fijians
February 14, 2018
(This story appeared first earlier today in the New Zealand Herald. It has been edited […]
At World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Movement calls for ‘humanized recovery’ from disasters
February 13, 2018
(A version of this story appeared first earlier today on the IFRC news site.) The […]
IFRC named a key partner in UAE global Climate Project to reduce risk
February 12, 2018
The United Arab Emirates yesterday said at the 2018 World Government Summit in Dubai that […]
‘Pakistan’s wheat farmers saved by timely weather forecast’
February 9, 2018
(This story appeared first yesterday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It has […]
Praise for Security Council statement linking climate and security in Africa
February 9, 2018
The UN Security Council last week said it recognized the impact of climate change, ecological […]
Key messages from Partners for Resilience: World Urban Forum 2018
February 7, 2018
In this policy brief for the 9th session of the World Urban Forum in Kuala […]
Partners for Resilience to WUF9: ‘Strong, well-organized communities can manage the risks they face’
February 7, 2018
Arguing that disasters can wipe out development gains and are being exacerbated by climate change, […]
In Paris, Seine peaks just short of 2016 level as hundreds evacuated
January 30, 2018
Teams from the French Red Cross have been assisting Parisians evacuated from their homes as […]
€10m donation from IKEA Foundation will support Red Cross ‘early warning early action’ in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
January 26, 2018
The Netherlands-based IKEA Foundation is donating 10 million euros to assist Red Cross ‘early warning […]
Listen to the poor and to the scientists, says Davos panel on preparedness
January 25, 2018
A panel at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos yesterday heard a call […]
With Mongolia at risk of third consecutive disaster, UK-supported forecast-based financing rolled out to complement expanded Red Cross operation
January 24, 2018
The IFRC said today that with well over half of Mongolia now facing at least […]
IFRC road-map vision for Africa: effective, accountable and resilient National Societies who support one another
January 22, 2018
The IFRC on Thursday published a detailed road map for its work in Africa over […]
‘5,000 families now eat better and pay school fees in Garissa’
January 22, 2018
Five-thousand households in Kenya’s Garissa county have adopted improved farming and animal husbandry techniques as […]