WMO global climate report: ‘Melting of some European glaciers literally off the charts’
April 21, 2023
By the Climate Centre The State of the Global Climate 2022 report published by the […]
Relief operation for 12,000 people affected by Uruguay drought after DREF for Red Cross assessment
April 20, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Uruguayan Red Cross earlier this year was supported by the […]
IFRC reference centres partner with new Connecting Climate Minds global project
April 18, 2023
By the Climate Centre A ground-breaking project to catalyse global research at the intersection of […]
Yemen Red Crescent prepares for forecast ‘severe weather’ in year’s first rainy season
April 17, 2023
By the Climate Centre Heavy seasonal rainfall since mid-March has caused flooding in many of […]
Red Cross battles climate impacts on two fronts in Kenya
April 12, 2023
By the Climate Centre The start of the long rains in Kenya last month caused […]
Early-spring wildfires ‘augur summer worries’ for Spain
April 5, 2023
By the Climate Centre Some 200 local Spanish Red Cross volunteers in four specialist teams […]
EU looks to ‘non-traditional donors’ to help blunt climate-driven disaster
March 31, 2023
By the Climate Centre The European Humanitarian Forum in Brussels last week focused on the […]
WMO celebrates 150 years of ‘cooperation and data exchange’
March 23, 2023
By the Climate Centre World Meteorological Day today – marked every year on 23 March […]
In TC Freddy’s wake, UN convenes multi-agency panel to accelerate early-warning worldwide
March 22, 2023
By the Climate Centre Arguing that record Cyclone Freddy in Southern Africa once again shows […]
‘Feasible, effective options’ to reduce emissions and adapt remain, but it means fundamental transformation
March 20, 2023
By the Climate Centre The IPCC’s summary of its now-complete sixth assessment of the global […]
TC Freddy may break record for the longest-lasting cyclone
March 15, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Malawi government said yesterday that record-breaking Cyclone Freddy had claimed […]
The Hague round table: ‘The more fragile a country is, the less climate finance it gets’
March 8, 2023
By the Climate Centre This year’s round table on climate and security in The Hague […]
Heat-health experts meet in-person for the first time since pandemic
March 6, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre last week represented the […]
Back-to-back cyclones in South Pacific mean ‘huge immediate needs’
March 5, 2023
By the Climate Centre (This story is edited from IFRC press releases and social media […]
Social protection for extreme temperatures: Experiences from the UK, the US and France (briefing paper)
March 5, 2023
To understand how social protection can help tackle some of the impacts of these risks, […]
Social protection for extreme temperatures: Experiences from the UK, the US and France (short case studies)
March 4, 2023
To understand how social protection can help tackle some of the impacts of these risks, […]
Urban climate risks and the role of social protection (briefing paper)
March 3, 2023
This brief gives an overview of the different climate-related hazards that urban spaces are at […]
Urban climate risks and the role of social protection (short case studies)
March 2, 2023
This brief gives an overview of different country case studies where social protection has been […]
WMO: Long-lived La Niña ending, but not soon enough to ease Horn drought
March 1, 2023
By the Climate Centre A warming El Niño event “may develop in the coming months” […]
Synergies in social protection and WASH: What should National Societies know?
March 1, 2023
This brief explores the connections between WASH and social protection, and will help National Societies […]
Rapid IFRC cash grants help National Societies address Cyclone Freddy impacts
February 27, 2023
By the Climate Centre Two grants from the IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund approved last […]
REAP State of Play report: ‘Are we doing enough?’
February 24, 2023
By the Climate Centre REAP’s Early Action: The State of Play 2022 report asks the […]
Smart early-warning: Hydromet experts discuss ways to progress digitization in Africa
February 16, 2023
By the Climate Centre A three-day expert meeting aimed at progressing the use in Africa […]
‘Cholera is back but the world is looking away’
February 14, 2023
By Petra Khoury, IFRC Director of Health and Care (This article appeared first on The […]
Kenya Red Cross early-action seeds help farmers beat drought
February 9, 2023
By Denis Onyodi, Climate Centre, Kwale county, Kenya Farmers in Kenya’s southern Kwale county who […]
Prudence Foundation and IFRC collaborate on health impacts of heat, humidity and air pollution
February 3, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Prudence Foundation and the IFRC through its specialist Climate Centre […]
New DREF grant to help Red Cross assess needs in nationwide Uruguay drought
February 1, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Uruguayan government last month asked the Red Cross for support […]
‘No earthquake, drought or hurricane in recorded history took more lives than the Covid-19 pandemic’
January 30, 2023
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued in Geneva earlier today. […]
Acrobatics
January 30, 2023
Can you think of any art form that embodies risk as compellingly as aerial acrobatics? […]
DREF grant responds to Mozambique cholera surge, anticipating rainy-season peak
January 25, 2023
By the Climate Centre The IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund Monday approved a grant of […]
Storms abate in California but hundreds of Red Cross personnel in place to assist with aftermath
January 19, 2023
By the Climate Centre The rain is finally ending in California after nine consecutive “atmospheric […]
‘Hundreds of Red Crossers helping exhausted Californians as more storms head their way’
January 15, 2023
By the Climate Centre (American Red Cross advice on finding storm shelters and staying safe […]
Last year ‘eighth in a row’ of temperatures above pre-industrial level, threatening Paris target of 1.5°C
January 13, 2023
By the Climate Centre The past eight years were the warmest on record globally, fuelled […]
WMO: Healing ozone layer will help avoid up to 0.5°C of global warming
January 9, 2023
By the Climate Centre The ozone layer is on course to recover within four decades, […]
Climate change made UK record hot year ‘160 times more likely’
January 6, 2023
Human-induced climate change made the UK’s record-breaking annual temperature last year about 160 times more […]
Record-breaking mild weather across Europe, while Red Cross ready for more of the opposite in North America
January 5, 2023
By the Climate Centre The UK Met Office said Tuesday that the main factor behind […]
IFRC: Amid worst drought in 40 years, chance of famine rises 25% in Somalia if displaced people don’t get help
January 2, 2023
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued in Nairobi and Geneva […]
Climate Centre Review of the Year 2022
December 21, 2022
by the Climate Centre (A look at our engagement with the year’s events through the […]
Early warning among ‘top science stories of 2022, chosen by scientists’
December 19, 2022
By the Climate Centre Early warning of extreme weather is among “the ten biggest science […]
More people, more sessions, more progress at 10th Global Dialogue Platform
December 9, 2022
By the Anticipation Hub (This story appeared first earlier today on the news area of […]
‘Real and long overdue progress’ sees the young recognized as stakeholders in action and policy on climate
December 2, 2022
by the Climate Centre The second annual Red Cross Red Crescent Movement youth climate summit […]
UR22 blog: What do acrobatics, doughnuts, beach balls and art have in common?
December 2, 2022
By Dorothy Heinrich, Climate Centre They are all ways to communicate risk. This was a […]
COP27: Intergenerational brainstorm for hydromet early warning early action
November 30, 2022
By Dorothy Heinrich, Climate Centre A designedly intergenerational workshop at COP27 earlier this month produced […]
Opinion: Success or failure? A Climate Centre verdict on COP27
November 25, 2022
By Carina Bachofen and Julie Arrighi, Associate Directors, Climate Centre, The Hague, Washington, DC So […]
COP27: ‘Now is the time to transform words into action’
November 21, 2022
By the IFRC (This joint statement by IFRC President Francesco Rocca and Secretary General Jagan […]
Climate Centre Director Maarten van Aalst to take over leadership of the Netherlands weather service
November 20, 2022
By the Climate Centre Climate Centre Director Maarten van Aalst will take up a new […]
COP27: Climate change exacerbated heavy rainfall and massive floods this year in West Africa – study
November 17, 2022
By the Climate Centre Heavy rain that caused massive flooding in Nigeria, Niger and Chad […]
COP27: Talks lack ambition needed to protect those hardest hit by climate change, warns IFRC
November 16, 2022
By the Climate Centre (This story is an IFRC press release issued yesterday.) The IFRC […]
COP27: Heat, desertification, dying land intensify struggle for Iraq’s farmers – ICRC
November 14, 2022
By the ICRC (This story is an ICRC news release issued earlier today, along with […]
COP27: IFRC launches Global Climate Resilience Platform to support 500 million people
November 9, 2022
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today from Geneva; […]
COP27: UN unveils promised plan to provide early warning for all
November 8, 2022
By the Climate Centre United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday unveiled its Early warnings for […]
COP27: Concise, accessible information from IFRC for National Societies on climate, disaster governance
November 7, 2022
By the Climate Centre The IFRC last week published a new guide to the governance […]
COP27: ICRC calls on world leaders to live up to commitments under Paris and the Agenda 2030
November 7, 2022
By the ICRC (This story is an ICRC news release issued in Geneva on Friday. […]
Europe: ‘A live picture of a warming world’
November 2, 2022
By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Organization said today that temperatures in Europe are […]
COP27: The world cannot afford more vague promises, says IFRC
November 1, 2022
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today from Geneva.) […]
IFRC launches measures to make emergency fund ‘more agile, efficient, localized’
October 28, 2022
By the Climate Centre A two-year process of consultation and development intended to make its […]
Lancet Countdown: Climate impacts increasingly affecting health and well-being and exacerbating vulnerability
October 26, 2022
By the Climate Centre Over the past two years, extreme-weather events have caused devastation across […]
American Red Cross and Salvation Army each get $40m in ‘historic grants’ for disaster needs in a changing climate
October 19, 2022
By the Climate Centre The Salvation Army and the American Red Cross yesterday announced that […]
‘Daybreak’ at COP27? Climate Centre beta tests new climate game
October 18, 2022
By the Climate Centre When world leaders arrive in Egypt for the UN climate talks […]
International Day for DRR: IFRC urges leaders to invest in warning systems that translate into anticipatory action
October 14, 2022
By the Climate Centre Coinciding with this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, a […]
First-ever early action protocols triggered in Central America for TS Julia
October 13, 2022
By the Climate Centre The IFRC was today readying a second humanitarian cash grant to […]
Climate Centre launches Youth Advisory Group on Climate
October 11, 2022
By the Climate Centre The Climate Centre is today announcing the establishment of a Youth […]
Deadly heatwaves are intensifying, say OCHA and IFRC in a joint report, their first ever, aimed at COP27
October 10, 2022
By the Climate Centre (The most recent World Weather Attribution analysis found that high temperatures […]
Mental health and climate: a Red Cross Red Crescent fact sheet
October 10, 2022
By Fleur Monasso and Devin O’Donnell, Climate Centre The Netherlands Red Cross and two IFRC […]
Water-borne diseases and food insecurity threaten Pakistan as Red Cross Red Crescent steps up relief effort
October 7, 2022
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Islamabad […]
Study: Climate change made this year’s northern summer droughts at least 20 times more likely
October 5, 2022
By the Climate Centre High temperatures driven by climate change dried out the soil across […]
Ian rolls across Florida leaving ‘catastrophic storm surge, winds, flooding’ in its wake
September 29, 2022
By the Climate Centre About 13,000 people escaping Hurricane Ian spent Tuesday night in shelters […]
Blog: Climate and environment considerations for combatants
September 27, 2022
By Sarah Gale, Technical Adviser, Climate Centre, Vancouver (Sarah Gale, a Technical Adviser with the […]
‘Strongest storm this year’ slams into Philippines as the latest to undergo rapid intensification
September 26, 2022
By the Climate Centre The Philippine Red Cross over the weekend mobilized at least 2,000 […]
Red Cross Red Crescent calls for more action on early warning and anticipation at high-level events alongside UNGA
September 22, 2022
By the Climate Centre The UN says its initiative to ensure that all humanity […]
Opinion: Mega-disasters and ‘weather whiplash’ add to qualitative shift in big picture facing UNGA high-level week
September 20, 2022
By Maarten van Aalst, New York The international humanitarian community is facing a crisis that […]
Study: Climate change probably intensified monsoon rain behind new Pakistan superflood
September 15, 2022
By the Climate Centre A new study from the World Weather Attribution group of international […]
United in Science report: Huge gap between aspirations and reality on climate
September 13, 2022
By the Climate Centre This year’s United in Science report highlights “a huge gap between […]
WMO: ‘Water stress, withering drought and devastating floods’ hit Africa’s people and ecosystems
September 8, 2022
By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Africa report, […]
Blog: Confronting environmental causes of Africa’s food crisis
September 1, 2022
By Alice Ruhweza, WWF Regional Director for Africa, and Mohammed Omer Mukhier-Abuzein, IFRC Regional Director […]
WMO: Third consecutive year of La Niña could intensify Horn of Africa drought
August 31, 2022
By the Climate Centre The current protracted La Niña will probably last to the end […]
‘Earthquake-like destruction’ in Pakistan floods
August 29, 2022
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued in Islamabad and Kuala […]
ICRC: Worsening climate-shocks exacerbate food shortages for millions of Kenyans
August 18, 2022
By the ICRC (This story and accompanying video shot last month in Garissa county were […]
A journey with youth for action on water and climate
August 15, 2022
By the Climate Centre The Climate Centre last week joined a Netherlands-supported partnership with the […]
Anticipatory shock-responsive social protection trialled as part of Nigeria flood response
August 12, 2022
By Sayanti Sengupta, Climate Centre, Germany The Nigerian Red Cross in central Kaduna city earlier […]
’Climate breakdown is supercharging toll of extreme weather worldwide’
August 11, 2022
By the Climate Centre The UK’s Guardian newspaper last week published what it says is […]
Strengthening multi-hazard early warning in the Pacific: new research on storms, droughts
August 10, 2022
By Sayanti Sengupta, Climate Centre, Germany New research on early warning and early action for […]
WFP and IFRC join forces to face anticipated climate shocks in the Middle East and North Africa
August 10, 2022
(This story is a joint IFRC-WFP press release issued today in Dubai. It has been […]
Community based Early Warning Early Action in Palau
August 3, 2022
Research study on how communities, and especially the youth, respond to disasters in the island […]
Community based Early Warning Early Action in Tuvalu
August 3, 2022
Research study on how communities respond to disasters in the island to form recommendations on […]
Latin America and the Caribbean 2021: ‘mega-drought, extreme rainfall, heatwaves, glacier melt’
July 27, 2022
By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Latin America […]
UK heatwave ‘far more intense and widespread’ than comparable events
July 26, 2022
By the Climate Centre (This story is edited from a Met Office press release issued […]
Petersberg climate dialogue held against backdrop of heat and fire emergencies
July 21, 2022
By the Climate Centre The 13th annual Petersberg Climate Dialogue, hosted by Germany jointly with […]
UK sees 40°C for first time in modern era as wildfires ‘rage’ on
July 19, 2022
By the Climate Centre The British Met Office said today that a temperature of 40.2°C […]
Brief: A quarter of DREF funding will eventually be for early action
July 18, 2022
By the Climate Centre Climate change and various hazards unrelated to weather are giving rise […]
IFRC warns intensifying heatwave in Europe could have tragic consequences
July 14, 2022
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Budapest.) […]
Western Europe again on high alert for lethal heat and fire
July 12, 2022
National Societies in Western Europe were this week again on the alert for dangerously high […]
Climate change increased heavy Brazil rainfall that was ‘far outside observed records’
July 6, 2022
By the Climate Centre A new study from the World Weather Attribution group of international […]
Central America and Caribbean National Societies react quickly to approaching TS Bonnie
July 5, 2022
By the Climate Centre Tropical Storm Bonnie swept east to west through Central America over […]
Thermo-Interactive Art
July 5, 2022
Visualizing the power of extreme temperatures, and how to get ready Heatwaves, like art, can […]
‘The climate emergency, pandemics, the housing crisis, violence and conflict, all converge in cities’
July 4, 2022
By the Climate Centre The World Urban Forum (WUF11) ended in the Polish city of […]
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre marks 20th birthday
June 28, 2022
By Maarten van Aalst, Climate Centre Director, The Hague The Climate Centre is twenty years […]
Humanitarian Affairs Segment: ‘Scale of today’s mega-crises requires a new approach’
June 23, 2022
By the Climate Centre The 2022 UN ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) in New York […]
Council of Delegates resolves to scale up anticipatory action
June 22, 2022
By the Climate Centre The Council of the Delegates in Geneva today resolved to scale […]
REAP: Most crisis funding remains unplanned with ‘very small amounts’ going to early action
June 22, 2022
By the Climate Centre The Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) Monday released a report on […]