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The Access and Use of Climate and Weather Information in IFRC and RC
October 02 2009The Red Cross Red Crescent (RC/RC) Climate Centre helps facilitate the effort to provide the IFRC with tools and support to improve disaster management and decision making through climate information. Through this collaboration, IRI works to understand the needs of the IFRC and provide accessible and relevant climate information to support humanitarian decisions. Since 2007, IRI has developed ways to better serve the IFRC including: 1) a mapping tool, accessible to Disaster Managers around the world through IFRC’s online Disaster Management Information System (DMIS), which displays precipitation forecasts on multiple timescales in the context of how the forecasted rainfall compares to normal rainfall for that time and place; and 2) a Help Desk, through which climate scientists aim to respond within 24 hours to inquiries from IFRC staff and volunteers regarding climate, weather and forecasts. Students from the IRI-affiliated Climate and Society Master’s Program at Columbia University also help facilitate the collaboration between the IRI and IFRC through summer internship projects and research.
Download the brochure here 
(pdf, 2 MB).
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
