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UK climate assessment maps ‘unprecedented challenge’
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IFRC <i>Global Plan 2022</i>: ‘Scaling up climate action is an absolute priority’
WMO verifies ‘Mediterranean’ temperature that set new Arctic record
Remembering the future: first collaboration with Red Cross Red Crescent Museum is a time capsule for the long term

Review of the Year 2021

24 December 2021

Climate change and community flood resilience in Tabasco, Mexico

16 December 2021

WMO expands guidance on impact-based forecasting as part of inter-disciplinary ‘paradigm shift’

9 December 2021
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The Physical Science of Climate Change: Seven key humanitarian insights from the latest IPCC report

The IPCC’s findings are clear, rigorous, and very concerning. They are captured in formal, technical language. Now we need to speak about the report’s implications, in language(s) everyone understands. Here are our seven humanitarian insights derived from this latest IPCC report.

Rapid attribution of heavy rainfall events leading to the severe flooding in Western Europe during July 2021

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Climate Centre@RCClimate·
18 Jan

.@DefraGovUK y released new 5-yearly assessment of #climate risks facing UK, recognizing 'unprecedented challenge' of ensuring country is resilient; it highlights need for early #adaptation investment, says @RedCrossPolicy; 2019 pic, N English floods - http://bit.ly/3fABaE5

Defra UK@DefraGovUK·
17 Jan

#ClimateChange poses a risk to our society and economy.

If the temperature rises by 2°C, it could cost the UK at least 1% of GDP by 2045.

Read how we’ll build on our existing work to meet these challenges in the Third Climate Change Risk Assessment: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-publishes-uks-third-climate-change-risk-assessment

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SHEAR Common Ground (11 Feb 2022)

Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience (SHEAR) is an interdisciplinary, international research programme. For the past 5 years it has supported improved disaster resilience and humanitarian response by advancing monitoring, assessment and prediction of natural hazards and risks across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Join us for a virtual day of learning on 11 February 2022 and finding common ground between science and the humanitarian sector.

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