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‘Partners for Resilience’ carry 2 years’ worth of lessons to DRR Global Platform

17 May 2013 - The Netherlands Partners for Resilience (PfR) – CARE Nederland, Cordaid, the Netherlands Red Cross, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre and Wetlands Internati.. Read more about: ‘Partners for Resilience’ carry 2 years’ worth of lessons to DRR Global Platform

NOAA: atmospheric carbon passes ‘400 ppm’ for the first time since records began

14 May 2013 - The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii has passed the 400 parts per million (ppm) threshold for the first t.. Read more about: NOAA: atmospheric carbon passes ‘400 ppm’ for the first time since records began

Unique Red Cross project in Uganda to disburse funds ahead of disaster

07 May 2013 - A unique new Red Cross project for climate change adaptation (CCA) in Uganda held an inception meeting late last month in the north-eastern town of Soroti, where it will .. Read more about: Unique Red Cross project in Uganda to disburse funds ahead of disaster

Climate games return to US capital

02 May 2013 - Six months after demonstrating the Frisbee “hurricane game” at the White House, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre this week returned to the US capital.. Read more about: Climate games return to US capital

A minute’s silence for Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza tragedy as adaptation conference closes nearby

26 April 2013 - The week-long 7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (“CBA7”) ended in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka yesterday, after what organizers descr.. Read more about: A minute’s silence for Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza tragedy as adaptation conference closes nearby

Cleaner cooking in Goro Gutu, thanks to Ethiopian Red Cross and Netherlands partners

24 April 2013 - In the village of Genda Yusuf in the Goro Gutu region of eastern Ethiopia, women are demonstrating a new kind of eco-stove.  Made from cement, it cooks injera, the .. Read more about: Cleaner cooking in Goro Gutu, thanks to Ethiopian Red Cross and Netherlands partners

Debating climate adaptation: many questions, a few clues

18 April 2013 - The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre last week took part in an online debate, hosted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the International Institute for Environmen.. Read more about: Debating climate adaptation: many questions, a few clues

Humanitarian needs increasing in Horn and Sahel, says UK’s Chatham House think tank

15 April 2013 - Environmental and demographic changes coupled with low levels of political inclusion and high instability mean that the risk of “acute food crises” in the Hor.. Read more about: Humanitarian needs increasing in Horn and Sahel, says UK’s Chatham House think tank

Young Mozambicans practise ‘forward-looking decision-making’

11 April 2013 - Last Saturday, a group of 25 young people in Maputo became planners for a morning – charged with developing their local districts so as to increase people’s c.. Read more about: Young Mozambicans practise ‘forward-looking decision-making’

Mediterranean youth photo-contest on 'environment and climate change'

28 March 2013 - The Red Cross Red Crescent Centre for Cooperation in the Mediterranean (CCM) today (Thursday) launches its 5th annual youth photo contest, this year focusing on the envir.. Read more about: Mediterranean youth photo-contest on 'environment and climate change'
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