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Climate change already making humanitarian work harder, less predictable, more complex, says IFRC, as scientists spell out dangers of overshooting 1.5°C

Climate change already making humanitarian work harder, less predictable, more complex, says IFRC, as scientists spell out dangers of overshooting 1.5°C
8 October 2018

(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Geneva. Its month-long  #ForOurKids media and digital campaign, profiling [...]

Supported by PfR, Haiti Red Cross agrees climate measures with environment ministry

Supported by PfR, Haiti Red Cross agrees climate measures with environment ministry
8 October 2018

The Haitian Red Cross last Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of the Environment to set up [...]

In pictures: Rice and debts on the minds of typhoon survivors in the Philippines

In pictures: Rice and debts on the minds of typhoon survivors in the Philippines
28 September 2018

(In these photo stories gathered by the IFRC's Rosemarie North local women talk about what keeps them awake at night now.) Early [...]

Germany pledges to intensify strategic cooperation with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement on FbF

Germany pledges to intensify strategic cooperation with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement on FbF
27 September 2018

The German Red Cross yesterday welcomed at least 170 humanitarian, development and technical specialists to Berlin for the 6th global [...]

Putting the ‘last mile’ first at Pacific forum on managing disaster-risk

Putting the ‘last mile’ first at Pacific forum on managing disaster-risk
27 September 2018

Disaster managers from Pacific Red Cross National Societies this week held their annual forum in Fiji’s RakiRaki Town, where discussions [...]

Global partnership to use ‘frontier technology’ to predict and beat famine

Global partnership to use ‘frontier technology’ to predict and beat famine
26 September 2018

The UN, the World Bank, the ICRC and the world’s leading technology firms Sunday convened a public forum to review [...]

Registration opens for 2018 Development and Climate Days

Registration opens for 2018 Development and Climate Days
24 September 2018

(A version of this story appeared earlier today on the website of the International Institute for Environment and Development.)  Registration [...]

Technical workshop charts possible early actions for extreme rain on Ecuador-Peru coast

Technical workshop charts possible early actions for extreme rain on Ecuador-Peru coast
21 September 2018

Experts from the governments of Ecuador and Peru, their specialist agencies, and the two Red Cross National Societies met in [...]

12 universities combine to launch ‘inventive response to East Africa’s rapidly changing risk-profile’

12 universities combine to launch ‘inventive response to East Africa’s rapidly changing risk-profile’
21 September 2018

A groundbreaking short-course on disaster risk launched last week by a consortium of 12 African universities in recognition of a [...]

Philippines: Homes and incomes top concerns after Typhoon Mangkhut

Philippines: Homes and incomes top concerns after Typhoon Mangkhut
19 September 2018

(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC earlier today jointly in Manila and Kuala Lumpur; currency amounts [...]

Red Cross in maximum preparedness effort ahead of weekend of storm impacts

Red Cross in maximum preparedness effort ahead of weekend of storm impacts
14 September 2018

Red Cross staff and volunteers on opposite sides of the world were this weekend engaged in a maximum effort to [...]

Guterres: World risks crossing point of no return on climate

Guterres: World risks crossing point of no return on climate
13 September 2018

UN Secretary-General António Guterres this week warned the world risks “missing the point where we can avoid runaway climate change”, [...]

‘Uneven progress’ at Bangkok talks on future climate regime, says UN

‘Uneven progress’ at Bangkok talks on future climate regime, says UN
10 September 2018

A supplementary session of UN climate talks on a global rule-book for implementing the Paris Agreement ended in Bangkok yesterday [...]

Finnish Red Cross study of Arctic disaster-management: from air-dropped survival kits to the ‘Snowbulance’

Finnish Red Cross study of Arctic disaster-management: from air-dropped survival kits to the ‘Snowbulance’
7 September 2018

(This story appeared first earlier this week on the website of the Finnish Red Cross. It has been edited slightly [...]

‘Combattre la dengue en s’amusant’*

‘Combattre la dengue en s’amusant’*
5 September 2018

At an after-dark street market in Saint-Denis, the administrative centre of Réunion, the French Red Cross referee counts down in [...]

Mapping, modelling, drones: understanding flood risk in the Niger capital

Mapping, modelling, drones: understanding flood risk in the Niger capital
3 September 2018

(This story is an unofficial translation of a report that appeared in French late last month on the website of [...]

Blog: PfR legacy on Odisha coast – helping to preserve catches and livelihoods

Blog: PfR legacy on Odisha coast – helping to preserve catches and livelihoods
29 August 2018

(Sanne Hogesteeger travelled to India as part of a visit to Partners for Resilience project sites in Odisha and Gujarat [...]

US space agency and Climate Centre brainstorm ways of linking humanitarian work with Earth observation

US space agency and Climate Centre brainstorm ways of linking humanitarian work with Earth observation
26 August 2018

(This story appeared first on Friday on the SERVIR Global website. It has been edited slightly here for length.) NASA [...]

Not all trash is waste, say Haiti youth

Not all trash is waste, say Haiti youth
26 August 2018

“ECEAUH has identified the lack of waste disposal as one of Haiti’s most serious environmental concerns, and while it can [...]

Swathes of South India underwater after worst floods in a century

Swathes of South India underwater after worst floods in a century
21 August 2018

(This story appeared first on the IFRC website on Monday.)  Hundreds of thousands of people in India have been forced [...]

Food and livelihoods under threat worldwide as droughts hit

Food and livelihoods under threat worldwide as droughts hit
13 August 2018

(This story appeared first earlier today on the IFRC news site.) Millions of people are being put at risk as [...]

‘The world is losing the war on climate change’

‘The world is losing the war on climate change’
10 August 2018

By Maarten van Aalst, Director, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre For those of us working on the humanitarian impacts [...]

Ecuador met service award for joint FbF work with Red Cross

Ecuador met service award for joint FbF work with Red Cross
9 August 2018

Ecuador’s National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI*) Monday presented the country’s Red Cross society with a symbolic award in recognition [...]

Uganda’s Red Cross and met authority sign MOU

Uganda’s Red Cross and met authority sign MOU
8 August 2018

The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) last Friday became the latest National Society to sign a memorandum of understanding with its [...]

North Korea declares emergency over heatwave threat to people and crops

North Korea declares emergency over heatwave threat to people and crops
7 August 2018

Official media in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) say the government has declared a state of emergency because [...]

Greenhouse gases, sea levels, warm oceans, shrinking ice caps all set new records last year, say scientists

Greenhouse gases, sea levels, warm oceans, shrinking ice caps all set new records last year, say scientists
6 August 2018

The new annual State of the Climate report from an international group of some 500 scientists says 2017 was – [...]

IFRC warns of heatwave risks as Spain and Portugal face hottest weather in modern record

IFRC warns of heatwave risks as Spain and Portugal face hottest weather in modern record
3 August 2018

(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Geneva and Budapest.) Spain and Portugal could face their [...]

Australian Red Cross launches month-long appeal for farmers struggling against the #BigDry

Australian Red Cross launches month-long appeal for farmers struggling against the #BigDry
2 August 2018

(This story is a press release that appeared first on the website of the Australian Red Cross, edited slightly here [...]

Heavy, continuous monsoon rain across East Asia tests humanitarian system as IFRC announces emergency cash for Philippines

Heavy, continuous monsoon rain across East Asia tests humanitarian system as IFRC announces emergency cash for Philippines
1 August 2018

Three intense weather systems in five days have caused floods in the Philippines affecting nearly 2 million people, the IFRC [...]

Summer wildfires continue to cause havoc in northern hemisphere

Summer wildfires continue to cause havoc in northern hemisphere
30 July 2018

The Greek authorities this weekend raised to 88 the number of people who died in the wildfire in the coastal [...]

International assistance arrives in Sweden to help fight ‘70 forest fires, large and small’

International assistance arrives in Sweden to help fight ‘70 forest fires, large and small’
20 July 2018

The Swedish Red Cross says a combination of very little rain and hot weather has placed many parts of the [...]

Tabitha Berg: Cook Islands climate champion

Tabitha Berg: Cook Islands climate champion
19 July 2018

(This story appeared first earlier today on the IFRC news site.) By day Tabitha Berg (photo) is the Cook Islands [...]

With 3m people affected by floods in China and Mongolia rain of ‘unprecedented intensity’, Red Cross confronts extreme weather across E Asia

With 3m people affected by floods in China and Mongolia rain of ‘unprecedented intensity’, Red Cross confronts extreme weather across E Asia
18 July 2018

The IFRC yesterday released nearly US$ 400,000 from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund to aid relief and recovery efforts on [...]

Climate change tripled likelihood of drought that pushed Cape Town water crisis to ‘Day Zero’ brink, say scientists

Climate change tripled likelihood of drought that pushed Cape Town water crisis to ‘Day Zero’ brink, say scientists
16 July 2018

(This story is a press release issued by the WWA partnership on Friday, along with a technical summary of the [...]

: Influence of climate change on weather becoming clearer (say hello to a warmer world)

: Influence of climate change on weather becoming clearer (say hello to a warmer world)
11 July 2018

A collaboration between European meteorological services known as EUPHEME will soon be able promptly to answer questions about the influence [...]

‘I have lived here all my life. I have never seen anything like this’

‘I have lived here all my life. I have never seen anything like this’
9 July 2018

Japanese public broadcaster NHK Monday reported that an all-out search and rescue operation is now underway after a flood disaster [...]

Lethal eastern Canada heatwave forecast to abate

Lethal eastern Canada heatwave forecast to abate
6 July 2018

Local officials yesterday raised to 34 the number of people they say have died in the heatwave that has been [...]

AMCDRR: Integrated risk management puts down roots in Indonesia

AMCDRR: Integrated risk management puts down roots in Indonesia
5 July 2018

The Partners for Resilience country team in Indonesia this week published a compendium of case studies of PfR work in [...]

AMCDRR: Red Cross tackles humanitarian needs in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

AMCDRR: Red Cross tackles humanitarian needs in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
5 July 2018

(Thanks to its unique mandate the Red Cross is one of few humanitarian organizations working in the Democratic People’s Republic [...]

AMCDRR: ‘Female leadership is crucial in building resilient communities’

AMCDRR: ‘Female leadership is crucial in building resilient communities’
3 July 2018

(This opinion piece appeared first last week on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Mongolia is hosting the 2018 [...]

The climate science that matters for humanitarians: first IPCC lead-author meeting of ‘AR6’ cycle

The climate science that matters for humanitarians: first IPCC lead-author meeting of ‘AR6’ cycle
3 July 2018

Lead authors from the IPCC’s Working Group I, covering the science of climate change, Friday ended their first meeting of [...]

WMO: Caribbean edges toward regionwide, people-centred early warning

WMO: Caribbean edges toward regionwide, people-centred early warning
2 July 2018

The Caribbean is moving closer to a regional strategy to “strengthen people-centred early warning systems across the islands”, according to [...]

Cape Town #AF2018 session debates adapting social protection for adaptation

Cape Town #AF2018 session debates adapting social protection for adaptation
2 July 2018

The 2018 Adaptation Futures in Cape Town was all about possibilities. Discussions at both plenary and parallel sessions shared best [...]

SA Red Cross at #AF2018: Scientists, researchers and people directly affected must find common language on climate

SA Red Cross at #AF2018: Scientists, researchers and people directly affected must find common language on climate
28 June 2018

“Adaptation requires much greater collaboration by all stakeholders”: this was the conclusion of Fernel Campher, Disaster Management Officer at the [...]

EU to world: time for action on climate, security, peace

EU to world: time for action on climate, security, peace
25 June 2018

The ICRC Brussels delegation and the Red Cross EU Office took part in a major high-level event (photo) organized by [...]

Heatwave threats rarely a priority for city officials, even as risks rise

Heatwave threats rarely a priority for city officials, even as risks rise
22 June 2018

(This story appeared first yesterday on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website. It is the second Thomson Reuters Foundation story we [...]

Cities face dramatic rise in risks from heat and flood by 2050, researchers say

Cities face dramatic rise in risks from heat and flood by 2050, researchers say
21 June 2018

(This story appeared first yesterday on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website. It has been edited slightly here for length.) In [...]

First Adaptation Futures conference in Africa

First Adaptation Futures conference in Africa
18 June 2018

The fifth international climate change adaptation conference – ‘Adaptation Futures 2018’ – got underway in Cape Town today, the first [...]

New state of emergency in snowbound Peru districts includes earlier FbF distribution sites

New state of emergency in snowbound Peru districts includes earlier FbF distribution sites
14 June 2018

With parts of the country suffering extreme cold and heavy snow in the southern winter, the authorities in Peru Wednesday [...]

Red Cross-supported goat-rearing helps sustain households in north-east Uganda

Red Cross-supported goat-rearing helps sustain households in north-east Uganda
14 June 2018

(A version of this story appeared last week on the website of the Uganda Red Cross Society.) Sabina Menhya, 40, [...]

As monsoon intensifies, ‘unsung heroes’ bring health and maternal care to Cox’s Bazar camps

As monsoon intensifies, ‘unsung heroes’ bring health and maternal care to Cox’s Bazar camps
8 June 2018

(This story appeared first on the IFRC website earlier this week) Amidst intensifying monsoon season in Bangladesh, a team of [...]