The IRI, IFRC and Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre have made a short video on the use of seasonal rainfall forecasts for West Africa flood operations 2008. This video was shown at COP15 in Copenhagen. Information providers NOAA Climate Services and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) have now posted the video at http://www.climate.gov/ 
and IRI have it on their homepage: http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/portal/server.pt . Watch the film here on Youtube.
Climate change can act as a catalyst for enhanced disaster management.
Many national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies will be touched by the health implications of climate change.
Routinely taking humanitarian action before a disaster or health emergency happens, making full use of scientific information on all timescales.
The Red Cross and Red Crescent never works in isolation. Partnerships are more important than ever in the context of global warming.
The global climate is changing and the past no longer explains the present.
The Red Cross and Red Crescent has traditionally focused on response. But now other aspects, including risk reduction, are also given priority.
Red Cross Red Crescent youth take action to reduce the impacts of climate change.
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
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The Climate Guide contains the experiences of over thirty national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. Read more
