IFRC appeals for complex emergency in Mali amid ‘escalating needs’
November 13, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC yesterday published its 8 million Swiss franc emergency appeal […]
COP 29: IFRC to world leaders – please hit the ground running
November 11, 2024
By the Climate Centre On the eve of this year’s UN climate talks in Baku, […]
Forecasting (and acting on) disease threats: guidance for National Societies
November 7, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Red Cross Red Crescent Working Group on Anticipatory Action and […]
International Conference hears call for ‘renewed commitment and purpose’ in a polarized world
November 4, 2024
By the Climate CentreThe 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (photo) […]
World Weather Attribution: A decade of disentangling what’s behind lethal extreme weather
November 4, 2024
By the Climate Centre In a special report released last Thursday, World Weather Attribution scientists […]
Spain: In one town in one day, nearly a year’s worth of rain
October 31, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Spanish Red Cross this week launched a major operation to […]
From flexible funding to ‘half moons’: fresh ideas at the Global Dialogue Platform
October 30, 2024
(A version of this story appeared on Friday on the website of the Anticipation Hub […]
Blog: Striving for climate resilience in Europe
October 29, 2024
By Anka Stankovic, Climate Centre, Belgrade For the past 18 months, the Pathways2Resilience (P2R) initiative […]
WMO: Carbon dioxide building up in the atmosphere faster than ever
October 28, 2024
By the Climate Centre Greenhouse gas in the atmosphere surged to a new record in […]
‘We urge governments to integrate conserving biodiversity and disaster management’
October 23, 2024
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued in Bogota and Geneva […]
Climate change made downpours behind deadly Nepal floods 10% more intense – Study
October 17, 2024
By the Climate Centre The lethal late September floods in Nepal were caused by rainfall […]
Blog: Securing a climate for peace, grounded in local reality
October 15, 2024
By Juliane Schillinger, Climate Centre, Netherlands The Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2024 (photo), organized […]
DRR Day: Middle East and North Africa get a jump on extreme weather with anticipatory action
October 14, 2024
By the IFRC (This story appeared first on Friday on the IFRC website.) As natural […]
‘It’s more than just your home. We put every nail, every board in that house’
October 11, 2024
By the Climate Centre People in the US state of Florida were today assessing the […]
Climate change intensified the rainfall and winds of Hurricane Helene – Study
October 9, 2024
By the Climate Centre Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene swept away entire communities, […]
‘One of the deadliest storms ever to hit the US’
October 5, 2024
By the Climate Centre The American Red Cross says it has now deployed more than […]
Out now: detailed Climate Centre position paper on social protection
October 1, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Climate Centre today publishes a comprehensive position paper on the […]
Addressing climate risks through social protection
October 1, 2024
This position paper is a guide to the objectives and capacities envisaged for social protection […]
Nepal floods follow most intense rainfall for more than half a century
September 29, 2024
by Madhab Uprety, Climate Centre, Kathmandu* (IFRC-DREF has now issued a humanitarian grant of more […]
Irrigation project spawns garden of hope in a drought-stricken region of Zimbabwe
September 24, 2024
By Rumbidzai Nenzou, IFRC Communications Officer, Harare (This story appeared first on the IFRC website […]
IFRC: Devastating floods displace huge swathes of the population across West and Central Africa
September 20, 2024
By the IFRC (This story is a press release issued by the IFRC in Nairobi […]
United in Science report 2024: huge progress, but gaps remain
September 18, 2024
By the Climate Centre The impacts of climate change and hazardous weather are reversing development […]
Flood risk hangs over Nigeria
September 17, 2024
By the Climate Centre (The IFRC has now launched an emergency appeal for Nigeria for […]
Central Europe floods may be the worst since 2002
September 15, 2024
By the Climate Centre (World Weather Attribution scientists have now said that with a global […]
Extreme weather in Yemen offers glimpse of country’s climate future
September 11, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Yemen Red Crescent Society (YRCS) said this week it is […]
Climate change key driver of extreme drought in Sicily and Sardinia
September 5, 2024
By the Climate Centre Blistering heat linked to climate change is turning periods of very […]
WMO: African governments divert nearly 10% of their budgets to responding to climate extremes
September 2, 2024
By the Climate Centre Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately […]
‘Floods as deep as a one-storey building in downtown Manila’
August 29, 2024
By the Climate Centre Climate change intensified the rainfall associated with Typhoon Gaemi in the […]
WMO: Pacific island nations facing threefold climate shock
August 27, 2024
By the Climate Centre A “triple whammy” of rising seas combined with their warming and […]
Mozambique charts course toward early warning for all
August 23, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Mozambique government Wednesday rolled out its road map for achieving […]
Y-Adapt inspires Fiji volunteers to tackle climate impacts head-on
August 22, 2024
By Soneel Ram, IFRC, Fiji (This is an abridged version of a photo story by […]
At opposite ends of Sahel, emergency IFRC-DREF funding for ‘imminent floods’
August 16, 2024
By the Climate Centre After above-average rainfall was forecast from August to October, the IFRC’s […]
‘Everyone has a role to play in tackling the climate crisis. Words alone are not enough’
August 15, 2024
By the Climate Centre IFRC Secretary General Jagan Chapagain has issued a new call for […]
Climate change drives wildfires in South America’s Pantanal wetland, the world’s largest – Study
August 11, 2024
By the Climate Centre Climate change made the hot, dry, windy conditions that supercharged catastrophic […]
22 July 2024: ‘World’s hottest day’ culminates a month of heat and fire
August 8, 2024
By the Climate Centre Last month saw the world’s hottest day in recent history, the […]
‘I want people to know this: climate change has turned storms into monsters’
August 2, 2024
By Susana Arroyo, IFRC Communications Regional Manager for the Americas (This story appeared first on […]
Mediterranean heatwave exacerbated by climate change forces Olympics to adapt
August 1, 2024
By the Climate Centre The extreme heat that has been affecting large parts of Europe […]
UN issues call to action ‘in four critical areas’ on lethal climate-related heat
July 25, 2024
By the Climate CentreUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today makes a call to action “in four […]
Connecting Climate Minds project publishes detailed research agenda
July 25, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Connecting Climate Minds project, in which the Climate Centre and […]
Nigerian Red Cross volunteers help farmers fight back against heat and drought with nature-based solutions
July 23, 2024
By the IFRC (This story appeared first on ifrc.org last week.) From first aider to […]
‘Generous. Kind. Funny. Creative. Loving’
July 19, 2024
By the Climate Centre I never met anyone so full of life and enthusiasm … […]
Pablo Suarez, 1970–2024
July 18, 2024
By the Climate Centre(A full account of Pablo’s life and work with the Red Cross […]
Early warnings for all a step closer after key vote on high-resolution forecast data
July 11, 2024
By the Climate Centre The UN’s ambitious goal of early warning for the world’s entire […]
The tree-planting champions of Sierra Leone
July 10, 2024
By the IFRC (This story appeared first on ifrc.org last week.)With her watering can in […]
‘Hurricane Beryl underscores reality of the climate crisis Caribbean island nations face’
July 4, 2024
By the Climate Centre (Update: the IFRC Friday 5 July launched an emergency appeal worth […]
Last year’s Cyclone Freddy enters history books as longest-lived storm
July 2, 2024
By the Climate Centre Tropical Cyclone Freddy – which last year travelled a third of […]
South America conferences centre on climate action for cities and through social protection
July 1, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Climate Centre represented the Red Cross Red Crescent at two […]
Papua New Guinea
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Papua New Guinea […]
The Philippines
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of the Philippines and […]
Mozambique
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Mozambique and the […]
Central African Republic
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of the Central African […]
Burkina Faso
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Burkina Faso and […]
Bangladesh
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Bangladesh and the […]
Azerbaijan
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Azerbaijan and the […]
Afghanistan
June 29, 2024
This climate fact sheet summarizes the available information on the climate of Afghanistan and the […]
‘Climate change impacts us all, but it doesn’t do so equally’
June 27, 2024
By the Climate Centre Against a backdrop of donor funding failing to keep pace with […]
American Red Cross unveils heat-action mural on Juneteenth holiday
June 25, 2024
By the Climate Centre The American Red Cross selected the Juneteenth holiday on 19th of […]
Lessons from Nepal: Coping with hotter and longer heatwaves
June 24, 2024
By Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General, IFRC (This article appeared first last week on the website […]
Anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious diseases: Latin America regional assessment
June 23, 2024
This assessment of Latin America identifies malaria, dengue and cholera as priority diseases, emphasizing the […]
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran floods ‘driven by El Niño but probably exacerbated by climate change’
June 13, 2024
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today.) El Niño […]
Hellenic Red Cross acts ahead of extreme heat in Greece
June 11, 2024
By the Climate Centre (A version of this story appeared first on the Anticipation Hub […]
Mixed picture on climate adaptation in Dutch private sector – NLRC report
June 11, 2024
By the Climate Centre Many Netherlands companies view the climate crisis seriously and are taking […]
Mitigation and greening
June 10, 2024
Over the past two decades, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has played a leading […]
Blog: New StoryMap explores how traditional knowledge addresses climate impacts
June 7, 2024
By Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer, Climate Centre The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre today […]
As El Niño fades, La Niña conditions look likely later this year
June 6, 2024
By the Climate Centre New forecasts collated by the WMO show an equal probability of […]
Climate change made historic floods in southern Brazil twice as likely – Study
June 4, 2024
By the Climate Centre Climate change made the very extreme rainfall that caused destructive floods […]
Heat action day 2024: cool urban art
June 3, 2024
By the Climate Centre National Societies around the world marked global heat action day 2024 […]
Climate change added nearly a month’s worth of extreme heat in past year – Report
May 28, 2024
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release that appeared earlier today; it […]
Study – Storm rainfall in UK and Ireland made 20% heavier by climate change
May 24, 2024
Climate change made the downpours that caused serious floods in the UK and Ireland last […]
Afghanistan reels from successive extreme-weather events, on top of earthquakes and economic crisis
May 21, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC last week expanded its emergency response to lethal flash […]
Brazil: ‘I call for global support and solidarity’
May 15, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC Monday launched an emergency appeal for 8 million Swiss […]
Searing temperatures sweep across Asia, causing distress for millions
May 15, 2024
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued jointly yesterday in Kuala […]
‘We have to do more and more each year … with less’
May 8, 2024
By the Climate Centre (The release of the WMO report on Latin America and the […]
Gaza heatwave adds ‘extra layer of suffering to an already catastrophic humanitarian situation’
May 7, 2024
By the Climate Centre Extreme unseasonal heat across Gaza is believed to have caused the […]
East Africa floods: ‘This is the worst I’ve ever come across in my career’
April 30, 2024
By the Climate Centre The Secretary General of the Kenya Red Cross, Ahmed Idris, has […]
Anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious diseases: East Africa regional assessment
April 29, 2024
This assessment of the East Africa region identifies malaria, dengue and cholera as priority diseases, […]
First-ever Bangladesh Red Crescent activation of early action protocol for heatwave
April 25, 2024
By the Climate Centre (A version of this story appeared first yesterday on the Anticipation […]
Now Asia: Water-related hazards top threat but extreme heat is becoming more severe, says WMO
April 25, 2024
By the Climate Centre Floods and storms in Asia caused the largest number of reported […]
Study – Climate change most likely caused extraordinary rainfall that affected Arabian Peninsula
April 25, 2024
By the Climate Centre Already intense rainfall in El Niño years comparable to what the […]
WMO: Heat-related deaths have risen 30% in Europe over past two decades
April 22, 2024
By the Climate Centre Heat-related deaths in Europe have increased by around 30 per cent […]
Sahel heatwave blamed for some 100 excess deaths in Mali ‘would not have occurred without climate change’ – Study
April 18, 2024
By the Climate Centre The extreme heatwave that hit the Sahel region in late March […]