Elhadj As Sy on #AdaptOurWorld report: Invest in climate adaptation, pay less later
September 11, 2019
IFRC Secretary General Elhadj As Sy yesterday called for greater “political will” to tackle the […]
Planning ahead for early action in the Pacific: disaster-manager forum in Nadi, Fiji
September 10, 2019
Disaster managers from 13 Pacific National Societies met in Nadi, Fiji at the end of […]
New official data in Europe exposes heatwaves as still the ‘silent killer’ of the elderly
September 9, 2019
The authorities in France and the Netherlands are both reporting significant “excess mortality” during this […]
Helped by the young, Asia Pacific steps up to lead transformation to a ‘1.5°C climate-resilient world’
September 9, 2019
Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW 2019) ended in Bangkok Friday with agreement on an overarching key […]
Hurricane Dorian: Red Cross issues urgent appeal for Bahamas as scale of devastation becomes clearer
September 4, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today from Geneva.) With access to […]
Asia Pacific Climate Week gets underway in Bangkok against backdrop of damaging floods in northern Thailand
September 2, 2019
The Asia Pacific Climate Week got underway in Bangkok today, aimed at raising global ambition […]
‘Europe is heating up faster than predicted by climate models’
August 30, 2019
A study first published last month designed to test climate models by cross-referencing actual observations […]
Flood forecasting for African National Societies: University of Reading summer school
August 26, 2019
The Climate Centre last month facilitated a group of specialists from Mali, Mozambique, Uganda and […]
Companies and climate resilience: Mobilizing the power of the private sector to address climate risks
August 19, 2019
This paper explains these linkages and the opportunities of collaborating with the private sector.
New study calls for humanitarians and private sector to ‘learn each other’s language’ on risk
August 19, 2019
A working paper published by the Climate Centre today argues for the Red Cross and […]
‘Wading through waist-deep flood waters to reach communities in India’
August 15, 2019
(This article is adapted from a photo story that appeared first on Tuesday on the […]
Opinion: Dengue and climate – how close a relationship?
August 14, 2019
(The Climate Centre’s director here argues for more research that would enable the climate question […]
Northern Kenya: Ewaso Nyiro Camel Caravan 2019
August 12, 2019
This year’s camel caravan in northern Kenya aimed at raising awareness of the importance of […]
IPCC report on climate and land ‘confirms our worst fears’
August 8, 2019
A report out today from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says climate change […]
Second big European heatwave broke records due to climate change, scientists say
August 6, 2019
A new rapid analysis from the international World Weather Attribution group of climate scientists says […]
Hugo Slim on the future of ICRC partnerships amid conflict, disaster and ‘an escalating climate crisis’
August 5, 2019
The ICRC late last week published the full text of the talk by its Head […]
WMO says July ‘rewrote climate history’
August 2, 2019
The World Meteorological Organization yesterday said July at least equalled, if not surpassed, the hottest […]
IFRC announces huge increase in assistance for Bangladesh, facing ‘highest river-levels in a century’
August 1, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release issued yesterday in Dhaka, Kuala Lumpur and Geneva.) […]
UK breaks modern-era temperature record as new Met Office report points finger at climate change
July 31, 2019
The UK Met Office said today its latest analysis of the annual temperature record going […]
North Pacific Red Cross ‘supercamp’ readies youth for climate action, Y-Adapt rollout
July 29, 2019
The first ever North Pacific youth leadership ‘supercamp’ that ended in Pohnpei, Micronesia earlier this […]
Four European countries set new temperature records in second ‘historic’ heatwave of the summer
July 26, 2019
For the second time in a month, Western Europe has experienced an intense heatwave that […]
Temperature records again set to be broken amid dangerous new European heatwave
July 23, 2019
At least yellow alerts for extreme heat were in force as of midday Tuesday in […]
IFRC: Severe flooding puts more than 4 million people in Bangladesh at risk of food insecurity and disease
July 19, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today. With support from the German […]
IFRC: Nearly 6m people in South Asia threatened by monsoon floods
July 17, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC yesterday in Kuala Lumpur and […]
Urgent action needed to tackle climate change’s ‘silent killer’: heatwaves
July 16, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in New York and Geneva.) […]
‘Higher than average’ monsoon rainfall triggers humanitarian interventions across Asia
July 15, 2019
The IFRC said late last week that heavy monsoon rain had triggered landslides in camps […]
Ireland: ‘Put the most vulnerable at the centre of our work’
July 15, 2019
A panel at the UN in New York heard a strong call Friday from Ireland’s […]
The battle against extreme heat: IFRC will issue new guidelines to assist cities next week
July 11, 2019
IFRC President Francesco Rocca – at a press conference at UN HQ in New York […]
‘One climate-crisis disaster is happening every week’
July 9, 2019
Mami Mizutori, the UN secretary-general’s special representative on disaster risk reduction (photo, centre), has said […]
‘Hotter but less deadly? Preparedness may cut toll of Europe’s heatwave’
July 4, 2019
(This story appeared first on Tuesday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The […]
WMO: ‘Visible and increasing urgency of climate action’ in focus at the UN Abu Dhabi climate meeting
July 1, 2019
After a week in which much of Europe was engulfed by extreme heat, the World […]
Climate change, conflict and resilience: Debating humanitarian policy at a high-level round table in Amman
July 1, 2019
(This story appeared first on the ICRC website last month. It has been edited slightly […]
Red Cross Red Crescent launches Climate Training Kit 2.0
June 28, 2019
The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre today launched an updated and expanded version of […]
International Federation at ECOSOCHAS: ‘Listen to the science on climate’
June 27, 2019
IFRC Secretary General Elhadj As Sy Tuesday issued a new call for the international community […]
Air pollution and irrigation mask true severity of Indian heatwave, study shows
June 26, 2019
(A longer version of this article, by scientists of the World Weather Attribution collaboration that […]
Red Cross urges public to check on neighbours as Europe braces for heatwave
June 25, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release that appeared on its news site earlier today.) […]
‘We need to talk about conflict and climate change’
June 18, 2019
(This article appeared first in The Canberra Times last week. Leonard Blazeby is ICRC Head […]
4th International Solferino Youth Meeting includes workshop on ‘major humanitarian challenge’ of climate change
June 17, 2019
(This is an edited version of the press release issued in Geneva and Rome that […]
Northern summer heatwaves on separate continents may set modern-era records
June 13, 2019
The IFRC in Europe yesterday said an 80-year temperature record had been broken in the […]
UN humanitarian chief, praising German leadership on early action, announces $45m for Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya
June 7, 2019
Mark Lowcock, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Wednesday told an audience in Berlin he […]
Norwegian Red Cross research ‘leaves no doubt’ about scale of global commitment required on climate
June 6, 2019
The Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross, Bernt Apeland, says the evidence of the […]
Bangladesh: How forecast-based financing supported objective decision-making in advance of Cyclone Fani
June 6, 2019
(This story appeared first yesterday on the IFRC news site. It has been edited slightly […]
EU science academies: growing evidence climate change affecting human health
June 5, 2019
Experts from 27 national science academies in the European Union say in a new report […]
Cook Islands prepares for ‘early action rainfall watch’
May 30, 2019
(A version of this story first appeared last week on the SPREP news site.) Cook […]
Afghanistan: millions still in desperate need after flood crisis
May 22, 2019
(This story appeared first on the IFRC news site yesterday.) Afghan Red Crescent volunteers and […]
IFRC at #GPDRR2019: ‘Let’s be climate smart and risk informed in all we do’
May 17, 2019
The week-long Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, hosted by the Swiss government in Geneva […]
UN: ‘If we continue engaging with each other and the planet as we do, then our very survival is in doubt’
May 16, 2019
(This story appeared first on the Thomson Reuters Foundation news site yesterday and has been […]
IFRC: Cyclone Idai casts a shadow over global disaster conference
May 15, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC yesterday. It has been edited […]
‘Early warning must reach the last metre. The last mile is not enough’
May 15, 2019
The Second Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference (MHEWC) organized by the World Meteorological Organization ended in […]
Afghanistan: ‘Drought has finished all our livestock – now it’s killing people’
May 8, 2019
(This personal story was one of three told to Gorata Fembo published by the IFRC’s […]
Netherlands wants development programming that’s sensitive to both conflict and climate
May 8, 2019
The Dutch government last week called for “more and better [development] programming that is both […]
With climate change ‘greatest long-term threat’ facing Maldives, Red Crescent 2030 strategy focuses on resilience
May 8, 2019
The recently launched Maldivian Red Crescent (MRC) Strategic Plan 2019–2030 calls for the inclusion of […]
Early warning for waves helping to build resilience in Tuvalu
May 7, 2019
(This story appeared first last week on the website of the Secretariat of the Pacific […]
UN praises ‘almost pinpoint accuracy’ of forecast-based warnings, with clean-up underway in India and Bangladesh from Cyclone Fani
May 6, 2019
The UN and local media have praised the accuracy of the forecast-based warnings that kept […]
IFRC: One of the strongest storms to strike the Indian subcontinent in decades makes landfall
May 3, 2019
(This story first appeared on the IFRC news site earlier today.) Cyclone Fani, one of […]
Green Climate Fund looking for ‘last mile’ project proposals (like FbF)
May 3, 2019
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) says it’s looking for more project proposals that incorporate the […]
Second Mozambique cyclone: is history pointing finger at climate change?
May 1, 2019
The IFRC yesterday said lives are still at risk in the far north of Mozambique […]
New papers highlight potential of social protection in managing climate risk
May 1, 2019
The IFRC together with the United Nations children’s agency Unicef and the UK Department for […]
Hong Kong Red Cross explores the ‘climate message’ through games
May 1, 2019
The Climate Centre last week facilitated a three-day training session on climate games for the […]
A ‘mega event of ideas’ in Pakistan for tackling climate change
April 24, 2019
The Pakistan Red Crescent Society and the German Red Cross Monday announced the results of […]
IFRC at centenary climate and health conference in Cannes: a call for ‘inspiration, resolve, leadership’
April 17, 2019
The major global conference on climate and health organized by the French Red Cross in […]
‘We don’t want 2 degrees. We want 1.5 or we will become the nomads of the Pacific. Our home, our paradise, will disappear’
April 15, 2019
The major global conference on climate and health organized by the French Red Cross has got […]
The first ‘humanitarian COP’
April 12, 2019
(Editors: an IFRC media advisory to mark this occasion was issued yesterday in Cannes and Geneva.) […]
CBA13: ‘We want dignified communities, self-reliant communities able to solve their own climate issues’
April 10, 2019
More than 250 people attended the 13th international conference on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA13) in Addis Ababa […]
Forging partnerships for early warning early action in Tuvalu
April 7, 2019
The challenges of reaching the ‘last mile’ and building the partnerships needed to address them […]
‘Iran is under water’
April 5, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release issued on Wednesday.) As the flooding emergency in […]
‘Storm-hit Mozambique must rebuild for “tomorrow’s climate”’
March 28, 2019
(This story appeared first yesterday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It has […]
IFRC: Climate change increasing hardship in Afghanistan where 10m people living with aftermath of extreme weather
March 28, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC in Kabul, Kuala Lumpur and […]
Uganda Red Cross pioneers Y-Adapt in Africa
March 27, 2019
The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) earlier this year became the first National Society in […]
IFRC Secretary General: Speed, quality and scale of response critical to preventing disease outbreaks in Mozambique
March 27, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC in Beira, Nairobi and Geneva […]
New professorship will boost role of science in humanitarian mission to reduce climate risk
March 26, 2019
(A version of this story first appeared earlier today as a press release from the […]
Australian cyclones: ‘Know your weather, know your risk’
March 25, 2019
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said Saturday it had “mobilized its full national resources well in […]
Cyclone Idai in Mozambique: ‘The scale of this crisis is staggering’
March 23, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC yesterday in Beira, Nairobi and Geneva. New […]
Red Cross deploys ERUs to Beira as Idai survivors arrive by sea
March 22, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC yesterday in Beira, Nairobi and […]
Mozambique: ‘Many, many families have lost everything’
March 19, 2019
(This story is a press release issued earlier today by the IFRC jointly in Beira, […]
First aerial views: devastation in Beira after Cyclone Idai
March 18, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC in Geneva and Nairobi earlier […]
IFRC releases humanitarian cash for Mozambique as Cyclone Idai makes landfall
March 14, 2019
The IFRC Thursday released US$ 344,000 in cash from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund to […]
Emergency teams in Mozambique on alert as ‘dangerous and powerful’ Tropical Cyclone Idai bears down on coast
March 13, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC in Nairobi and Geneva yesterday.) […]
Harnessing humour to address risk: Red Cross Red Crescent launches cartoon caption competition
March 6, 2019
The evidence is irrefutable: Humour can help improve communication, build relationships, enhance problem solving, and enable difficult […]
Report: Heat-related deaths and illness largely preventable
March 1, 2019
A new technical report on heatwaves believed to be the first of its kind commissioned […]
Indian Red Cross signs on dotted line for strengthened collaboration with met department on forecasts, extremes, resilience
February 27, 2019
The Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) and the Indian government’s Earth System Science Organization umbrella […]
‘Quite exceptional’ winter heatwave in UK sets new temperature records
February 27, 2019
The British Met Office today confirmed that new one-day temperature records for February and winter […]
‘From Iraq and Pakistan to the Caribbean, climate change is driving threats of new insecurity and violence, security analysts say’
February 21, 2019
(This story appeared first on Tuesday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation; it […]
IFRC: Hundreds of thousands ‘worryingly exposed’ in Cox’s Bazar camps ahead of cyclone and monsoon seasons
February 19, 2019
(This story appeared first on the IFRC website yesterday. It has been edited here for […]
‘Early action protocol’ in place to protect Peru’s alpaca herders
February 14, 2019
The IFRC reported Tuesday that the first early-action protocol of the forecast-based component of its […]
CNN report on Red Cross help to Zimbabwe’s farmers facing ‘triple challenge’ of climate change, food security and HIV
February 14, 2019
A CNN International Edition report says a community-resilience programme run by a partnership of the […]
With South Pacific cyclone season underway, Red Cross societies prepared and ready
February 13, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Suva, Kuala Lumpur and […]
Climate and disaster: PfR-supported seminar for East African journalists
February 12, 2019
Partners for Resilience agencies late last month hosted a week-long seminar for nearly 40 journalists […]
WMO: Past 22 years include 20 warmest on record
February 8, 2019
In what it describes as “a clear sign of continuing long-term climate change associated with […]
‘The world from which the humanitarian system emerged no longer exists’
February 8, 2019
This year’s Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships (HNPW) week in Geneva Wednesday heard calls from senior […]
Red Cross emergency teams watch for further flooding in N. Queensland
February 7, 2019
The Australian Red Cross yesterday said its emergency teams on the north coast of Queensland […]
Report highlights ‘alarming vulnerability’ of Himalayan region – even in optimistic climate scenarios
February 6, 2019
A landmark study released Monday that brought together 350 researchers and policy experts from more […]
Annual Report 2018
February 1, 2019
A year of progress for forecast-based financing. Find our multimedia report here.
Red Cross urges public to check on people during big freeze
February 1, 2019
(A version of this story appeared earlier today as an IFRC press release.) The IFRC is calling […]
IPCC starts work on impacts and adaptation for next global climate assessment
January 29, 2019
Scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) who cover impacts, adaptation and vulnerability […]
First ever ICRC contribution to Security Council debate on climate
January 28, 2019
The ICRC’s Permanent Observer to the UN, Robert Mardini, Friday told an open Security Council […]
Influenza and extreme cold among ‘deadly risks’ combining against Mongolia’s children
January 24, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Ulaanbaatar and Geneva.) An […]
Understanding the need for climate adaptation of small and medium enterprises in Kenya and Uganda
January 23, 2019
A summary of a 2018 study in eight urban areas of Kenya and Uganda on […]
‘Conflict and climate nexus’ unpacked at Nairobi high-level round table
January 18, 2019
The first of a 2019 series of high-level round tables on the interconnected vulnerabilities and […]
Anticipatory action tops list in UN blueprint for future humanitarian funding
January 18, 2019
The UN humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, has proposed expanding three approaches to funding to close […]