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Failure to reach a binding agreement to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions at this week’s 17th Conference of the Parties[..]

The IPCC has released the Summary for Policy Makers of the new Special Report on Extremes (SREX). This report, approved[..]

In light of the latest report summary from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which warns that the world[..]

This has been an eventful year for natural calamities – drought in the Horn of Africa, floods yet again in[..]

Here is a good example of RC youth volunteers creating a rangers programme to address climate change on the Cook Islands and[..]

The Uganda Red Cross Society on September 30, 2011 handed over a disaster risk reduction project that enhanced sustainable climate[..]

Climate Change: Take Action Now! A guide to supporting the local actions of children and young people, with a special[..]

A new, interactive users’ guide to tools for climate and development planning has just been launched by Ecofys and the[..]

The Proceedings of the Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and World Reconstruction Conference, held 8-13[..]

Contributing to the Great Green Wall Initiative Africa  Preparedness for Climate Change Programme successfully wrapped up! Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre at[..]

Last March, IIED and BCAS organised the Fifth International Conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA5) In Bangladesh. Here are the[..]

There are a lot of questions around climate change, climate change adaptation, and how to incorporate these concepts into RC/RC[..]

Please download here Early Warning -> Early Action: A Regional Guideline for Effective Engagement in Early Warning Systems, produced by[..]

Forecasts can play an invaluable role when used properly in helping humanitarian agencies and governments plan for and prevent disasters,[..]

This eight-part series, which premiered on BBC World News, explores the impact of climate change on urban areas. Watch the[..]

Recently CLIMACTION’s focal point Mr Asadul Haque Pomiee and his team contacted with Islamic Foundation Noakhali Office to conduct a[..]

FAQ Climate Risk Management Partners for Resilience  Experts Workshop on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation for Community-based and Local Adaptation in[..]

Newly developed Partners for Resilience leaflet setting out the background, aims and unique character of Partners for Resilience. Download the[..]

An operational research on dengue fever prevention in Vietnam. Download the leaflet here

The 2010 World Resources Report (product of a 20-year partnership among UNEP, UNDP, the World Bank and WRI), dedicated to[..]

Geneva – Some 373 natural disasters killed over 296,800 people in 2010, affecting nearly 208 million others and costing nearly[..]

Living from the land and ocean requires keen observation of nature and changes in weather and climate. But at a[..]

COP16 marked progress, but a lot needs to be done to prevent the climate catastrophe La Niña event are forecast[..]

IFRC: Cancun, 11 December 2010 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Cancun applauds progress; underlines continued[..]

After facilitating two game-based climate change sessions by Climate Centre staff members yesterday at the UN Climate Conference in Cancun (one on linking[..]

As part of its communication work in support of the World Disasters Report 2010 — Focus on Urban Risk –[..]

Climate change youth update from Red Crescent and Red Cross Youth from COP16 Young volunteers continue to communicate their views[..]

Cancun/Geneva (WMO). The year 2010 is almost certain to rank in the top 3 warmest years since the beginning of[..]

The UN Climate conference COP 16 in Cancun (Mexico) that began on 29 November, will not lead to a legally[..]

Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) uses various participatory tools to gauge people’s exposure to and capacity to resist natural hazards.[..]

Current La Nina brings increased risks of floods, droughts and tropical cyclones Review of the IPCC: successful overall, but management[..]

In line with the commitments made in the 2009 Solferino Youth Declaration, the IFRC is committed to empowering youth to[..]

The IFRC has compiled a communication package for the UNFCCC COP 16 climate conference. The following documents can be downloaded: Introductory note from[..]

“Those traditional crops like rice, potatoes, wheat, maize, which were doing well decades ago are not doing so well recently,”[..]

Here is information on how Parties to the UNFCCC have been responding to this call in the context of: Advancing[..]

Speaking at a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace panel discussion assessing progress on the poverty-reduction benchmarks known as the Millennium[..]

‘World Mangrove Atlas’ highlights the importance of and threats to mangroves July 14, 2010, London/Nairobi – The first global assessment[..]

Partners for Resilience Second Phase of the Preparedness for Climate Change Programme up and running Bonn Climate Change Talks Scholars[..]

Broaden partnership and enhance preparedness to cope with the health effects of climate change Statement by Dr Lina Nerlander, Health[..]

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (International Federation) is ready to help communities in the Americas[..]

What the RC/RC Climate centre can do for the RC/RC Partners The Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC) is a[..]

As humanitarian workers, we need to know more about who is doing what on climate issues in our country and/or[..]

Copenhagen Climate Summit: Disappointment, but not all is lost Preparedness for Climate Change Programme Phase 2 (PfCC2) Health risk management[..]

Is there an increase in disasters? There is an increase in disasters. All statistics tell us this, including our own[..]

The Gathering Storm – the human cost of climate change IRIN Films, in association with the UN Environment Programme announces[..]

The IRI, IFRC and Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre have made a short video on the use of seasonal rainfall[..]

In this statement we will be outlining some aspects of the work the IFRC and its worldwide network of National[..]

The youth blog that senior programme officer and youth specialist Rebecca McNaught posted on the Our World, Your Move website[..]

The campaign focuses on 14 humanitarian challenges, one of which is climate change. Recently, Rebecca McNaught and Maarten van Aalst[..]

UNFCCC COP15 in Copenhagen El Niño, October 2009 Preparedness for Climate Change Climate change and health report IRI-IFRC Summer Internships[..]

Climate change is contributing to more frequent and deadlier natural disasters, and governments need to speed up measures to mitigate[..]