Preparing for a second round of P2R applications: survey of general interest opens
February 28, 2025
By the Climate Centre Government entities in Europe were this week invited to take part […]
Green Climate Fund announces nearly $700m for nations on the front lines of the climate crisis
February 25, 2025
By the Climate Centre The IFRC on Friday welcomed last week’s announcement by the Green […]
Adaptation in Afghanistan: solar-powered water supply
February 14, 2025
The Afghan Red Crescent has sunk ten new wells (01:15) fitted with solar-powered pumps for […]
Somali Red Crescent activates early action protocol for ‘spreading drought’
February 11, 2025
By the Climate Centre The Somali Red Crescent has now activated the early action protocol […]
Copernicus: Last month was the warmest January on record despite cooling La Niña conditions
February 7, 2025
By the Climate Centre The global average temperature last month was 1.75°C above the pre-industrial […]
Philippines: Three months after record cluster of storms, Red Cross recovery work pushes on
February 2, 2025
By the Climate Centre IFRC Secretary General Jagan Chapagain has said that recovery from the […]
Climate change made Los Angeles wildfire disaster more likely – Study
January 29, 2025
By the Climate Centre Climate change worsened the Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, drying […]
2025 is the Year of the Glacier
January 24, 2025
By the Climate Centre UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization this week launched the International […]
Helping met and hydrological services add humanitarian value: Climate Centre updates the manual
January 22, 2025
By the Climate Centre The timely use of weather and climate information by the Red […]
Collaborating with National Meteorological and Hydrological Services – A National Society guide to getting started
January 21, 2025
This tool assists Red Cross Red Crescent societies to better collaborate with their National Meteorological […]
A handbook for navigating fragility, conflict and violence
January 20, 2025
Communities beset by fragility, conflict and violence are disproportionately affected by disasters, and specially framed […]
The climate science behind the California wildfires
January 17, 2025
By Liz Stephens and Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Climate Centre science team The immediate causes of actual […]
California fires: Hundreds of American Red Cross workers deployed to assist affected residents
January 10, 2025
By the Climate Centre Hundreds of American Red Cross workers are now helping California residents […]
In the Americas, surging dengue fever linked to climate change
January 8, 2025
By the Climate Centre Dengue fever is surging throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, with […]
Climate and the IFRC’s 2025 Global Plan
January 5, 2025
By the Climate Centre The IFRC Global Plan 2025, launched in mid-December, sets out in […]
‘Cascading impacts from mountain peaks to ocean depths, on communities, economies, the environment’
December 31, 2024
By the Climate Centre The impacts of climate change gripped the world in 2024, with […]
IFRC launches multi-country appeal for Cyclone Chido
December 28, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC this week announced it was launching an emergency appeal […]
News review of the year 2024
December 20, 2024
By the Climate Centre (A look back at the year’s main events through the eyes […]
Chaos and fear on Mayotte after Cyclone Chido – French Red Cross
December 17, 2024
By the Climate Centre The French Red Cross said in a press release yesterday that […]
Preparedness for winter weather and response by National Societies in Europe and Central Asia
December 16, 2024
This briefing note outlines common winter weather hazards experienced across Europe and CentralAsia, and the […]
‘A barrage of typhoons supercharged by climate change’
December 12, 2024
By the Climate Centre Climate change intensified the six typhoons that struck the Philippines over […]
Youth summit 2024: ‘(Almost) everything you’ve ever wanted to know about climate change’
December 12, 2024
By the Climate Centre The fourth Red Cross Red Crescent youth and climate summit was […]
Debra Roberts is new chair of the Climate Centre board
December 10, 2024
By the Climate Centre The highly respected South African practitioner and scientist Professor Debra Roberts […]
Ashley, Bert, Conall, Darragh: UK battered by successive winter storms
December 10, 2024
By the Climate Centre(A British Red Cross survey published this week shows only two in […]
2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends – TS Sara may be parting shot
December 2, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC last week issued a humanitarian cash grant of nearly […]
COP 29: IFRC welcomes limited global agreement but stresses need for ‘action and delivery’
November 24, 2024
By the Climate Centre IFRC Secretary General Jagan Chapagain has said the success of the […]
COP 29: IFRC will target dangerous heat in 100 cities with global resilience programme
November 20, 2024
By the Climate Centre IFRC Secretary General Jagan Chapagain has outlined plans to mobilize 530 […]
IFRC appeals for international aid after Philippines hit by six back-to-back storms in a month
November 18, 2024
By the Climate Centre The IFRC today called for urgent international aid for the Philippines […]
COP 29: ‘Under the weather’ report on health and climate change
November 16, 2024
By Renate Meyer, Climate Centre, South Africa The climate crisis is a health crisis. A […]
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 […]