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 […]
African National Societies face opposite impacts from El Niño
November 30, 2023
By the Climate Centre The IFRC and the Kenya Red Cross Society last week launched […]
Jamaica: Deaf students harness climate-smart farming with Red Cross support
November 29, 2023
By the IFRC (This story appeared first on the IFRC website earlier this month.)Planting, watering, […]
Attribution brief: 2023 Canadian wildfires
November 27, 2023
Climate change more than doubled the intensity of extreme wildfire weather in Quebec in the […]
A guide to climate-smart programmes and humanitarian operations (summary version)
November 26, 2023
This guide supports National Societies and the IFRC in making their programmes and operations climate-smart, […]
A guide to climate-smart programmes and humanitarian operations
November 26, 2023
This guide supports National Societies and the IFRC in making their programmes and operations climate-smart, […]
ICRC blog: Responding to climate risks in conflict settings – in search of solutions
November 26, 2023
By Catherine-Lune Grayson, Head of Policy, and Amir Khouzam, Policy Adviser (This blog was first […]
Extreme heat in sub-Saharan Africa ‘under-reported and under-studied’
November 24, 2023
By the Climate Centre A study of last month’s record-breaking heat in Madagascar published today […]
WMO 2023 State of Climate Services report focuses on health
November 19, 2023
By the Climate Centre Climate change threatens to reverse decades of progress towards better health, […]
In East Africa, early action protocols enlisted to expand flood response
November 16, 2023
By the Climate Centre (Since this story was posted and with floods affecting large parts […]
New research on health effects of combined exposure to heat, humidity, air pollution
November 13, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Climate Centre and the Prudence Foundation today publish a scoping […]
Understanding the compound riskof heat, humidity and air pollutionon human health: A scoping review
November 13, 2023
This review of just over 500 papers emphasizes that a more complex understanding of heat […]
Audio-visual
November 10, 2023
The Climate Centre generates original content across several media to explain and promote its objectives […]
‘Farmers have seen fertile lands dry up, millions struggle to access clean water’
November 9, 2023
By the Climate Centre A new study from World Weather Attribution scientists says lengthy and […]
WMO: El Niño expected to persist until April 2024 at least
November 8, 2023
By the Climate Centre The current El Niño event that developed from July is expected […]
#DCDays23 to explore bold initiatives on climate action, game-changing solutions
November 7, 2023
By the Climate Centre Development and Climate Days returns this year at COP 28 for […]
Climat Action Roadmap for Europe and Central Asia
November 6, 2023
The road map is a key tool to guide how our network in the Europe […]
A Red Cross Red Crescent road map for ‘urgent climate action’ in Europe and Central Asia
November 6, 2023
By the IFRC Regional Office for Europe and the Climate Centre The IFRC has today […]
ICRC assists Somali Red Crescent to prepare for potentially devastating El Niño rains
November 3, 2023
By the ICRC (This story appeared first on the ICRC website yesterday. Editors: please register […]
IFRC and Boao Forum for Asia host round table on youth-led climate action
November 3, 2023
By the IFRC The IFRC and the Boao Forum for Asia this week jointly hosted […]
Saleemul Huq, 1952–2023
October 31, 2023
By the Climate Centre Professor Saleemul Huq, described as a torchbearer in Bangladesh’s and the […]
‘Robust, accessible science is vital to understand, predict and plan for climate change’
October 30, 2023
By the Climate Centre The second Open Science Conference of the World Climate Research Programme […]
IFRC: Red Crescent volunteers help people through ever more punishing heatwaves in Bangladesh
October 19, 2023
By the IFRC (This story appeared first yesterday on the IFRC website, with an accompanying […]
National Adaptation Planning: Why should the Red Cross and Red Crescent engage?
October 17, 2023
Active engagement of National Societies in the NAP process is needed to ensure the needs […]
Risk reduction against water-borne diseases bears fruit in rural Kenya
October 15, 2023
By Rita Nyaga, IFRC Nairobi Senior Communications Officer (This story first appeared on the IFRC […]
Climate crisis and conflict push more people to drought-stricken Djibouti
October 13, 2023
By Anne Wanjiru Macharia, IFRC Nairobi Senior Regional Communications Officer, in Djibouti (This special report […]
Innovative engagement
October 12, 2023
Climate change is an urgent and difficult problem. In order to bring about meaningful change […]
Study: climate change ‘main driver’ of early-spring heat in South America
October 11, 2023
By the Climate Centre Early spring heat in South America was at least 100 times […]
11th global dialogue platform on anticipatory action underway in Berlin
October 10, 2023
By the Climate Centre The three-day 11th global dialogue platform (register) on anticipatory humanitarian action […]
Adaptation futures 2023: ‘We must innovate to secure a resilient future’
October 8, 2023
By the Climate Centre The week-long Adaptation Futures conference ended in Montreal Friday after gathering […]
WMO forecasts ‘cascading impacts’ after hottest September increases chance of record year
October 5, 2023
This year is on track to be the warmest on record after the warmest September […]
Social protection for climate-induced loss and damage: Priority areas for increasing capacity and investment in developing countries
October 1, 2023
This briefing paper supports the Technical Expert Group on Comprehensive Risk Management, established in 2019 […]
Libyan flood catastrophe a ‘wake-up call for the world’
September 25, 2023
By the IFRC (This story is based on an IFRC press release issued in New […]
New partnership to focus on locally-driven action to better anticipate disasters
September 25, 2023
By the Climate Centre (This story appeared first as an inter-agency press release late last […]
Climate change undermines most of the sustainable development goals – WMO
September 14, 2023
The world is far from meeting its climate goals and this is seriously undermining efforts […]
Storm Daniel ‘medicane’ turns on Libya
September 13, 2023
By the Climate Centre (Since this story was written, the IFRC Thursday announced an emergency […]
‘Africa is not just a passive victim of climate change but a strong voice and an actor for global targets’
September 10, 2023
By the Climate Centre Africa Climate Week ended in Nairobi Friday, organized in parallel with […]
Internships
September 8, 2023
A key role for the Climate Centre in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is […]
Extreme weather in southern Europe moves from one end of the scale to the other
September 7, 2023
By the Climate Centre After record-breaking heat and wildfires earlier this summer, National Societies in […]
WMO: Emissions less than a quarter of global average, yet Africa suffers disproportionately from climate change
September 4, 2023
By the Climate Centre Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global emissions but […]
ICPAC: El Niño likely to bring heavy rain to Horn of Africa
August 24, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Nairobi-based IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre said yesterday that […]
Canadian wildfire season: ‘“Unprecedented” doesn’t do it justice’
August 22, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Canadian Red Cross last week launched a national appeal to […]