Publications
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Guide
November 20 2007by The Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre
The Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Guide presents five years of experiences from more than thirty national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, in particular in developing countries. It relates the experiences of Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers all around the world trying to understand and address the risks of climate change.
The guide begins with the basics about climate change: the scientific consensus, the humanitarian consequences, and the general implications for the Red Cross and Red Crescent. This is followed by six thematic modules: Getting started, Dialogues, Communications, Disaster management, Community-based disaster risk reduction and Health. Each module begins with a background section with real-life Red Cross and Red Crescent experiences and perspectives, followed by a 'how-to' section with specific step-by-step guidance.
The 140-page guide is available in English 
(pdf, 5 MB), French, Arabic (pdf, 4 MB), Spanish and Russian (pdf, 14 MB).
To download the English version in separate sections:
- Front page, foreword, acknowledgements, guide-to-the-guide, contents (pdf, 168 kB)
- Climate change: the basics (pdf, 560 kB)
- Getting started (pdf, 632 kB)
- Dialogues (pdf, 508 kB)
- Communications (pdf, 852 kB)
- Disaster management (pdf, 458 kB)
- Community risk reduction (pdf, 761 kB)
- Health and care (pdf, 371 kB)
- Case studies: Indonesia (pdf, 256 kB), Africa (pdf, 211 kB) and Nicaragua (pdf, 222 kB)
- Glossary (pdf, 43 kB), acronyms and sources (pdf, 33 kB)
- Annex: Regional impacts of climate change (pdf, 48 kB)
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
