Links
- The IFRC page on climate change
- IFRC World Disaster Reports
- The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Tools and country profiles
- The World Bank's Climate Portal: for reference on climate data
- UNDP country profiles: for reference on climate data
- World Meteorological Organization
- US government Climate Prediction Centre
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UNHCR (The UN Refugee Agency)
- Climate Change and Global Warming portal
- Facts on health and the environment
- International Research Institute for Climate and Society
- Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
Climate change adaptation
- NAPAs (National Adaptation Programmes of Action) focussing on urgent and immediate needs in least developed countries, listed by country
- UNFCCC database compiling strategies adopted by communities to adapt to specific conditions related to climate change
- Linking Climate Adaptation Network
- The Eldis Gateway to Development
- IPCC Working Group II: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
- VARG (Vulnerability and Adaptation Resource Group): the new synthesis report, country studies and workshop report on Disaster Risk Management & Adaptation to Climate Change
- Reliefweb: includes a page specifically on humanitarian implications of climate change
Disaster risk reduction
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Cruz Roja Media Luna Roja - América Latina
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction: Disaster Reduction + Climate Change Info Link
- ProVention Consortium
- Disaster Studies, University of Wageningen
- Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), EM-DAT Emergency Disasters Database
- Redhum, Humanitarian information for disaster preparedness and response in Latin America and the Caribbean
Early warning
Below a list of websites that supply early warning information on climate-related risks. Note, however, that this list is not exhaustive, and the sources mentioned here should not be used as the sole source of early warning information for operational purposes.
- IFRC Disaster Management Information System (DMIS, for National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)
- WMO world weather information service
- WMO Severe weather information with warnings
- IRI, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, seasonal forecasts of rainfall and temperature, ENSO, health, malaria etc .
- ACMAD, African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development
- NASA's TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission: rainfall, global floods and landslides, hurricanes and typhoons
- Dartmouth Flood Observatory: flood events
- Tropical Storm Risk (TSR): active storms and seasonal forecasts for Australia, Atlantic and NW Pacific regions
- FAO GIEWS Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture, global watch for food insecurity
- USAID Famine Early Warning Systems Network
- NOAA, USA: El Niño / La Niña information
- The Humanitarian Early Warming Systems (HEWS): warnings/ links to websites on drought (and food insecurity), floods, storms, weather, La Nina/ El Nino and non-climate related disasters
Main topics:
- Disaster Management
- Health and Care
- Early warning early action
- Advocacy
- Communications
- Community risk reduction
- Youth
- Getting started
Disaster Management
Climate change can act as a catalyst for enhanced disaster management.
Health and Care
Many national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies will be touched by the health implications of climate change.
Early warning early action
Routinely taking humanitarian action before a disaster or health emergency happens, making full use of scientific information on all timescales.
Advocacy
The Red Cross and Red Crescent never works in isolation. Partnerships are more important than ever in the context of global warming.
Communications
The global climate is changing and the past no longer explains the present.
Community risk reduction
The Red Cross and Red Crescent has traditionally focused on response. But now other aspects, including risk reduction, are also given priority.
Youth
Red Cross Red Crescent youth take action to reduce the impacts of climate change.
Getting started
The Red Cross Red Crescent has a growing body of experience working on addressing climate change. Here’s how to use it to get started.
Take a look at Red Cross Red Crescent climate change activities on the worldmap
