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Climate change intensified rain that led to flood ‘catastrophe of enormous proportions’ in South Africa
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Climate change intensified rain that led to flood ‘catastrophe of enormous proportions’ in South Africa

16 May 2022

By the Climate Centre The probability of an event like the rainfall that resulted in last month’s flood disaster in the South African coastal provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape was approximately doubled by human-induced climate change, World Weather Attribution scientists said last week in their latest rapid assessment.The intensity of the event, meanwhile, increased by between 4 and 8 per cent.Scientists from France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and[..]

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IFRC issues new operational framework for anticipatory action

IFRC issues new operational framework for anticipatory action
10 May 2022

By the Climate Centre The IFRC has set itself the goal of allocating a quarter of its Disaster Relief Emergency[..]

WMO: 50% chance of global temperature increase touching 1.5°C in next five years

WMO: 50% chance of global temperature increase touching 1.5°C in next five years
10 May 2022

By the Climate Centre A new climate update issued yesterday by the World Meteorological Organization says there’s an increasing likelihood,[..]

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28 April 2022

By the Climate Centre The IFRC this week announced the publication of its new e-learning course Red Alert: What is[..]

‘The world needs to do more to incorporate disaster risk in how we live, build and invest’

‘The world needs to do more to incorporate disaster risk in how we live, build and invest’
26 April 2022

By the Climate Centre The UN’s flagship Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 was published today: it says[..]

Red Cross ‘right in the middle of the response’ to KwaZulu-Natal floods

Red Cross ‘right in the middle of the response’ to KwaZulu-Natal floods
19 April 2022

By the Climate Centre (21 April update: the IFRC has now issued an emergency cash grant of more than 330,000[..]

Conflict, climate, displacement, inflation causing largely unnoticed food-security crisis in Africa, says ICRC

Conflict, climate, displacement, inflation causing largely unnoticed food-security crisis in Africa, says ICRC
13 April 2022

By the Climate Centre Nearly 350 million Africans – more than a quarter of the continent’s entire population – are[..]

Lethal rain and floods from Southern Africa storms made worse by climate change

Lethal rain and floods from Southern Africa storms made worse by climate change
12 April 2022

By the Climate Centre Climate change increased the rainfall from back-to-back devastating storms that affected especially Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique[..]

‘A place that used to be alive’: the reality of climate impacts on the world’s coastlines

‘A place that used to be alive’: the reality of climate impacts on the world’s coastlines
7 April 2022

By the Climate Centre Every night the waves eat away at the sand under the foundation of his house in[..]

‘It’s now or never if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C’

‘It’s now or never if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C’
5 April 2022

By the Climate Centre The report from the IPCC’s third working group looking at ways climate change can be mitigated[..]

IMF: Without adaptation Mideast and Central Asia face crippling losses from climate change
5 April 2022

By the Climate Centre Climate change is inflicting crippling losses in the Middle East and Central Asia, with low-income and[..]

IMF: Without adaptation Mideast and Central Asia face crippling losses from climate change

National Societies, climate action and the environment: an IFRC survey

National Societies, climate action and the environment: an IFRC survey
4 April 2022

By the Climate Centre IFRC survey results from nearly 70 National Societies show they are planning or implementing action on[..]

Climate science-humanitarian dialogue hears of ‘new era’ in perception of urgency

Climate science-humanitarian dialogue hears of ‘new era’ in perception of urgency
1 April 2022

By the Climate Centre The Egyptian and United Kingdom Missions to the United Nations in Geneva and the IFRC last[..]

Early Action: the State of Play 2021, measured by REAP

<i>Early Action: the State of Play 2021</i>, measured by REAP
31 March 2022

By the Climate Centre A new report from the IFRC-hosted Risk-informed Early Action Partnership aims to contribute to the evidence[..]

New EU advisory board on climate change includes Red Cross Red Crescent voice

New EU advisory board on climate change includes Red Cross Red Crescent voice
30 March 2022

By the Climate Centre The European Environment Agency last week appointed the 15 members of the European Scientific Advisory Board[..]

First European humanitarian forum flags ‘dramatic impact of climate change’

First European humanitarian forum flags ‘dramatic impact of climate change’
24 March 2022

By the Climate Centre The three-day European Humanitarian Forum, the first event of its kind, jointly organized by the French[..]

UN: In 5 years, everyone on Earth must be protected by early warning for extreme weather, climate change

UN: In 5 years, <u>everyone</u> on Earth must be protected by early warning for extreme weather, climate change
23 March 2022

By the Climate Centre An ambitious new UN target unveiled today on World Meteorological Day would see everyone on Earth[..]

Nearly half a million Kenyans to be helped in Red Cross drive against mosquito-borne disease

Nearly half a million Kenyans to be helped in Red Cross drive against mosquito-borne disease
23 March 2022

By the Climate Centre The IFRC today issued a humanitarian cash grant of just over 200,000 Swiss francs to help[..]

Climate-related disasters and child protection in South-East Asia

Climate-related disasters and child protection in South-East Asia
18 March 2022

By the Climate Centre A joint report by the IFRC Asia Pacific region and the Child Protection Area of Responsibility[..]

IFRC: 5 million more people in Americas in extreme poverty and exposed to climate and other disasters

IFRC: 5 million more people in Americas in extreme poverty and exposed to climate and other disasters
15 March 2022

By the Climate Centre Two years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, 5 million more people are in extreme[..]

Argentine Red Cross will help restore wetland ecosystem damaged by wildfires

Argentine Red Cross will help restore wetland ecosystem damaged by wildfires
9 March 2022

By the Climate Centre More than 10 per cent of the northern Argentine province of Corrientes has been badly affected[..]

Implementing cash transfers through social protection in Nepal

Implementing cash transfers through social protection in Nepal
7 March 2022

By Sajanika Sivanu and Sayanti Sengupta, Climate Centre, Germany,and Alina Karki, Danish Red Cross, Nepal The Nepal Red Cross Society[..]

Catastrophic flooding in eastern Australia forces hundreds of thousands to evacuate

Catastrophic flooding in eastern Australia forces hundreds of thousands to evacuate
4 March 2022

By the Climate Centre The Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales have this week been affected by intense[..]

IPCC scientists confirm climate change contributing to humanitarian crises worldwide

IPCC scientists confirm climate change contributing to humanitarian crises worldwide
28 February 2022

by the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued in Geneva earlier today.) The IFRC today called for[..]

‘A flashing red light, an alarm for where we are today’

‘A flashing red light, an alarm for where we are today’
28 February 2022

By the Climate Centre (The full IPCC report and a special cartoon interpretation are now available on our website. The[..]

UN: Climate-related wildfire risk now touches even the Arctic

UN: Climate-related wildfire risk now touches even the Arctic
25 February 2022

by the Climate Centre Even the Arctic, previously all but immune, now faces a rising risk of wildfires, experts say[..]

IFRC calls for more investment in local climate action as European and African leaders meet

IFRC calls for more investment in local climate action as European and African leaders meet
18 February 2022

(This story is an IFRC press release issued in Nairobi yesterday.) As parts of Southern Africa are reeling from the[..]

Disaster risk reduction in national climate action – a new analysis

Disaster risk reduction in national climate action – a new analysis
15 February 2022

by the Climate Centre (The new report will be discussed today Tuesday starting 14:00 UTC on a Zoom webinar.) An[..]

IPCC report on climate impacts will encompass social and economic science

IPCC report on climate impacts will encompass social and economic science
14 February 2022

by the Climate Centre The current cycle of assessment of the global climate, the sixth or 6AR, is the most[..]

Reflections on half a decade of ‘leveraging science for humanitarian decision-making’

Reflections on half a decade of ‘leveraging science for humanitarian decision-making’
13 February 2022

by the Climate Centre Five years of work by the Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience programme was marked at[..]

Testing anticipatory action for extreme cold in Tajikistan

Testing anticipatory action for extreme cold in Tajikistan
9 February 2022

by the Tajikistan Red Crescent (This story appeared first late last month on the Anticipation Hub. It has been edited[..]

Blog: How can Covid-related social protection help prepare for climate risks?

Blog: How can Covid-related social protection help prepare for climate risks?
7 February 2022

By Manannan Donoghoe, Oxford University, and the Climate Centre The year 2020 was unprecedented, and not only because of Covid-19;[..]

Social protection options for climate risk in Nepal

Social protection options for climate risk in Nepal
7 February 2022

by Sajanika Sivanu and Sayanti Sengupta, Climate Centre, GermanyThe Climate Centre has published a new brief that examines how social[..]

Social protection as an enabler for impact-based forecasting

Social protection as an enabler for impact-based forecasting
7 February 2022

by Sajanika Sivanu and Sayanti Sengupta, Climate Centre, Germany A recent Climate Centre publication offers an overview of the role[..]

More than 4 million people reported to be at risk from latest storm to hit Madagascar

More than 4 million people reported to be at risk from latest storm to hit Madagascar
4 February 2022

The IFRC Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) today released a further third of a million Swiss francs to support Malagasy[..]

National Societies quick off the mark in Southern Africa for Cyclone Ana

National Societies quick off the mark in Southern Africa for Cyclone Ana
1 February 2022

by the Climate Centre The agility of Red Cross societies and their international partners helped to blunt the impacts of[..]

WMO partners relaunch website for predicting dust storms in Europe, Middle East, northern Africa

WMO partners relaunch website for predicting dust storms in Europe, Middle East, northern Africa
26 January 2022

By the Climate Centre A website operated by Spanish partners of the World Meteorological Organization was “totally redesigned” and relaunched[..]

UK climate assessment maps ‘unprecedented challenge’

UK climate assessment maps ‘unprecedented challenge’
18 January 2022

by the Climate Centre The British government yesterday released the latest in its series of five-yearly assessments of the climate[..]

Climate change tops list in Global Risks Report 2022

Climate change tops list in <i>Global Risks Report 2022</i>
17 January 2022

by the Climate Centre Nearly two years after the first Covid-19 cases countries are reporting record outbreaks of the Omicron[..]

IFRC Global Plan 2022: ‘Scaling up climate action is an absolute priority’

IFRC <i>Global Plan 2022</i>: ‘Scaling up climate action is an absolute priority’
6 January 2022

by the Climate Centre The IFRC late last month published its Global Plan 2022, detailing how it will help National[..]

WMO verifies ‘Mediterranean’ temperature that set new Arctic record

WMO verifies ‘Mediterranean’ temperature that set new Arctic record
6 January 2022

By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Organization last month officially recognized a temperature of 38.0°C observed in June 2020[..]

Remembering the future: first collaboration with Red Cross Red Crescent Museum is a time capsule for the long term

Remembering the future: first collaboration with Red Cross Red Crescent Museum is a time capsule for the long term
4 January 2022

by Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer, Climate Centre, Washington, DC The first-ever collaboration between the Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum[..]

Review of the Year 2021

Review of the Year 2021
24 December 2021

by the Climate Centre (A non-exhaustive look back through the eyes of the Climate Centre news service of the year’s[..]

Climate change and community flood resilience in Tabasco, Mexico

Climate change and community flood resilience in Tabasco, Mexico
16 December 2021

by Cale Johnstone, Mexican Red Cross(This blog was originally published last month on the Flood Resilience Portal.) Since 2014 the Mexican[..]

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

WMO expands guidance on impact-based forecasting as part of inter-disciplinary ‘paradigm shift’
9 December 2021

by the Climate Centre Arguing that forecasts of what the weather will do – impact-based forecasting – as well as[..]

Factors other than climate change are main drivers of Madagascar food crisis – study

Factors other than climate change are main drivers of Madagascar food crisis – study
3 December 2021

By World Weather Attribution (This story is a press release issued to the media yesterday by the World Weather Attribution[..]

UN: Climate crisis an immediate existential threat to lives and livelihoods

UN: Climate crisis an immediate existential threat to lives and livelihoods
2 December 2021

By the Climate Centre The United Nations and its partners today launched the Global Humanitarian Overview 2022 (GHO), which estimates[..]

IFRC report calls for closer attention to the needs of children in climate-related disasters in the Caribbean

IFRC report calls for closer attention to the needs of children in climate-related disasters in the Caribbean
1 December 2021

by the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued in Kingston, Jamaica last month.) Adolescents overwhelmingly feel they[..]

Blog: Exploring anticipatory action in conflict settings

Blog: Exploring anticipatory action in conflict settings
18 November 2021

By Tesse de Boer, Climate Centre People from at least 15 different stakeholder agencies last month took part in a[..]

COP 26: Health systems must ‘detect, plan for and adapt to’ climate stresses – Report

COP 26: Health systems must ‘detect, plan for and adapt to’ climate stresses – Report
17 November 2021

By Tilly Alcayna, Climate Centre, London A research report by the Climate Centre compiled for the Adaptation Research Alliance launched[..]

COP 26: ‘Climate change risks “runaway” humanitarian crisis and the collapse of the aid system’

COP 26: ‘Climate change risks “runaway” humanitarian crisis and the collapse of the aid system’
15 November 2021

by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Glasgow (This story appeared first last week on the website of Thomson Reuters Foundation.[..]