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 […]
Reading uni announces project ‘to better understand and predict’ Nile floods in South Sudan, Uganda
August 22, 2023
By the Climate Centre (A version of this story appeared first on the website of […]
NOAA updates forecast for hurricane season to ‘above normal’
August 16, 2023
By the Climate Centre The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) late last week […]
American Red Cross disaster workers ‘from all corners of the country’ assisting on Maui
August 14, 2023
By the Climate Centre The American Red Cross yesterday said at least 220 trained disaster […]
Attribution
August 13, 2023
When an extreme-weather event occurs, people often ask: Is climate change to blame? For decades, […]
IFRC: Climate wreaks havoc in Asia Pacific, causing relentless floods, disease, lethal heat
August 11, 2023
(This story – an IFRC press release issued jointly in Kuala Lumpur, Dhaka and Beijing […]
Norwegian Red Cross mounts biggest-ever domestic response after Storm Hans destruction
August 10, 2023
By the Climate Centre Storm Hans this week brought high winds, intense rain and landslides […]
Blog: Social protection and climate action – where are we heading?
August 9, 2023
By Sayanti Sengupta, Climate Centre, Berlin, and Gala Dahlet, FAO, Rome In a world grappling […]
Policy coherence between social protection and climate action: Initial findings from global studies and projects
August 9, 2023
This brief outlines the shared objectives of social protection and climate action, and explores howincluding […]
Climate-smart programmes and operations for National Societies: a comprehensive new guide from the IFRC
August 7, 2023
By the Climate Centre The IFRC and its specialist Climate Centre today published a comprehensive […]
South Sudan food insecurity: ‘Holding on to hope the rains will not fail’
August 6, 2023
By Anna Wanjiru, IFRC Senior Regional Communications Officer, Nairobi (This story appeared first on the […]
WMO: Warming trend in Asia since 1991 almost double previous three decades
July 28, 2023
By the Climate Centre Extreme weather and the impacts of climate change are intensifying in […]
North American and European heatwaves virtually impossible without climate change – study
July 25, 2023
By the Climate Centre The death toll as wildfires swept across parts of Algeria has […]
IFRC: heatwaves need not be lethal with ‘simple, low-cost measures’
July 18, 2023
By the Climate Centre With red alerts for heat danger issued in at least seven […]
‘It’s raining like never before’ (in Japan)
July 14, 2023
By the Climate Centre Temperatures up to 5°C above average are forecast to continue in […]
10,000 young Red Crescent volunteers in Iran plant ten trees each for people and planet
July 12, 2023
By the IFRC (This story appeared first on the IFRC website on Monday.) Planting a […]
Preliminary data shows the world just had the hottest week on record
July 11, 2023
By the Climate Centre Preliminary data from Japanese scientists shows the average global temperature on […]
International research effort launched to reduce cyclone impacts in Southern Africa
July 9, 2023
By the Climate Centre An international collaboration aimed at improving early warning and enhancing resilience […]
Global warming in Latin America and Caribbean causing ‘vicious circle of spiralling impacts on countries and communities’
July 7, 2023
By the Climate Centre Global warming is accelerating in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting […]
‘It’s time to act!’: Italian Red Cross launches second phase of climate engagement campaign
July 6, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Italian Red Cross (CRI) today launched the second two-year phase […]
WMO: El Niño is here
July 4, 2023
By the Climate Centre El Niño conditions have developed for the first time in seven […]
Central Africa ‘will struggle to gauge climate risks’ without more investment in meteorological data
June 29, 2023
By the Climate Centre Without help for investment in weather stations, climate science and human […]
Innovation summit 2023: ‘A fantastic opportunity to reimagine humanitarian action’
June 26, 2023
By the Climate Centre Describing the IFRC Global Innovation Summit 2023 as “a fantastic opportunity […]
Humanitarian funding: ‘A crisis within a crisis’
June 23, 2023
By the Climate Centre United Nations Secretary General António Guterres this week said that halfway […]
Red Cross youth training in the Solomon Islands for global climate action
June 21, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Solomon Islands Red Cross Society last week conducted a successful […]
Europe, the fastest-warming continent, faces ‘major human, economic, environmental toll’ from climate impacts
June 19, 2023
By the Climate CentreClimate change is taking a “major human, economic and environmental toll in […]
Factor health into adaptation finance – Climate Centre study
June 15, 2023
By the Climate Centre Climate Centre research indicating that adaptation finance for health remains very […]
Mauritania: Thousands of food-insecure families need urgent assistance as Sahel battles food crisis
June 12, 2023
By the IFRC (This story appeared first on the IFRC website earlier today. Mauritania last […]
DREF grant to help Sri Lanka Red Cross fight dengue surge
June 9, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Sri Lankan government Wednesday reported nearly 2,400 new cases of […]
Red Cross in North America helping millions protect against smoke from new Canadian wildfires
June 8, 2023
By the Climate Centre Tens of millions of people in North America have been advised […]
2 June, Heat Action Day 2023: heatwaves are intensifying but together we can #BeatTheHeat
June 2, 2023
By the IFRC(This story first appeared for on the IFRC website earlier today, 2 June, […]
US forecasters: 50% chance of above-normal cyclone activity in the central Pacific
May 28, 2023
By the Climate Centre US forecasters last week issued seasonal outlooks for tropical storms in […]
Amid ‘particular concern’ over climate-related illness and heat, #MeteoWorld resolves to expand services for public health
May 26, 2023
By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Congress, which opened in Geneva on Monday, has […]
‘Thanks to early warning and disaster management, catastrophic mortality rates are history’
May 22, 2023
By the Climate Centre (The IFRC last week launched an emergency appeal for 5 million […]
ICRC: Climate change and conflict combine to increase humanitarian needs in the Middle East
May 19, 2023
By the ICRC (This story is an ICRC release issued yesterday from Geneva. The new […]
Russian Red Cross faces new wildfire emergency
May 18, 2023
By the Climate Centre The northern hemisphere has seen “significant wildfire activity” this month and […]
WMO: Global temperatures likely to surge to record levels over next five years
May 17, 2023
By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Organization’s 2023 Annual-to-Decadal Climate Prediction, which has just […]
IFRC: Access and time crucial to help families in Myanmar and Bangladesh affected by Cyclone Mocha
May 16, 2023
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Kuala […]
Cyclone Mocha: Accurate forecasts spur preparedness in Myanmar and Bangladesh
May 15, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Mocha system made landfall early afternoon local time on the […]
Study: Western Mediterranean heatwave rare even for today’s warmed world
May 7, 2023
By the Climate Centre A rapid study of last month’s extraordinary heatwave in the western […]
Social protection and WASH can achieve common goals
May 4, 2023
By Sajanika Sivanu, Climate Centre, Toronto, Canada The Climate Centre and the Norwegian Red Cross […]
WMO: Prepare for El Niño
May 3, 2023
By the Climate Centre The probability of El Niño developing later this year is increasing, […]
Iberian peninsula heat breaks April record for Spain by nearly 5°C
May 1, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Spanish Red Cross (CRE) was last week reaching out to […]
‘Exceptional drought’ in Horn of Africa would not have occurred without climate change – Study
April 27, 2023
By the Climate Centre Climate change has turned what would have been manageable ‘dry’ conditions […]
New at #HNPW: Report reveals scale of anticipatory action worldwide
April 26, 2023
By the Anticipation Hub (A version of this story appeared first yesterday on the Anticipation […]