American Red Cross disaster workers ‘from all corners of the country’ assisting on Maui
August 14, 2023
By the Climate Centre The American Red Cross yesterday said at least 220 trained disaster […]
Attribution
August 13, 2023
When an extreme-weather event occurs, people often ask: Is climate change to blame? For decades, […]
IFRC: Climate wreaks havoc in Asia Pacific, causing relentless floods, disease, lethal heat
August 11, 2023
(This story – an IFRC press release issued jointly in Kuala Lumpur, Dhaka and Beijing […]
Norwegian Red Cross mounts biggest-ever domestic response after Storm Hans destruction
August 10, 2023
By the Climate Centre Storm Hans this week brought high winds, intense rain and landslides […]
Blog: Social protection and climate action – where are we heading?
August 9, 2023
By Sayanti Sengupta, Climate Centre, Berlin, and Gala Dahlet, FAO, Rome In a world grappling […]
Policy coherence between social protection and climate action: Initial findings from global studies and projects
August 9, 2023
This brief outlines the shared objectives of social protection and climate action, and explores howincluding […]
Climate-smart programmes and operations for National Societies: a comprehensive new guide from the IFRC
August 7, 2023
By the Climate Centre The IFRC and its specialist Climate Centre today published a comprehensive […]
South Sudan food insecurity: ‘Holding on to hope the rains will not fail’
August 6, 2023
By Anna Wanjiru, IFRC Senior Regional Communications Officer, Nairobi (This story appeared first on the […]
WMO: Warming trend in Asia since 1991 almost double previous three decades
July 28, 2023
By the Climate Centre Extreme weather and the impacts of climate change are intensifying in […]
North American and European heatwaves virtually impossible without climate change – study
July 25, 2023
By the Climate Centre The death toll as wildfires swept across parts of Algeria has […]
IFRC: heatwaves need not be lethal with ‘simple, low-cost measures’
July 18, 2023
By the Climate Centre With red alerts for heat danger issued in at least seven […]
‘It’s raining like never before’ (in Japan)
July 14, 2023
By the Climate Centre Temperatures up to 5°C above average are forecast to continue in […]
10,000 young Red Crescent volunteers in Iran plant ten trees each for people and planet
July 12, 2023
By the IFRC (This story appeared first on the IFRC website on Monday.) Planting a […]
Preliminary data shows the world just had the hottest week on record
July 11, 2023
By the Climate Centre Preliminary data from Japanese scientists shows the average global temperature on […]
International research effort launched to reduce cyclone impacts in Southern Africa
July 9, 2023
By the Climate Centre An international collaboration aimed at improving early warning and enhancing resilience […]
Global warming in Latin America and Caribbean causing ‘vicious circle of spiralling impacts on countries and communities’
July 7, 2023
By the Climate Centre Global warming is accelerating in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting […]
‘It’s time to act!’: Italian Red Cross launches second phase of climate engagement campaign
July 6, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Italian Red Cross (CRI) today launched the second two-year phase […]
WMO: El Niño is here
July 4, 2023
By the Climate Centre El Niño conditions have developed for the first time in seven […]
Central Africa ‘will struggle to gauge climate risks’ without more investment in meteorological data
June 29, 2023
By the Climate Centre Without help for investment in weather stations, climate science and human […]
Innovation summit 2023: ‘A fantastic opportunity to reimagine humanitarian action’
June 26, 2023
By the Climate Centre Describing the IFRC Global Innovation Summit 2023 as “a fantastic opportunity […]
Humanitarian funding: ‘A crisis within a crisis’
June 23, 2023
By the Climate Centre United Nations Secretary General António Guterres this week said that halfway […]
Red Cross youth training in the Solomon Islands for global climate action
June 21, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Solomon Islands Red Cross Society last week conducted a successful […]
Europe, the fastest-warming continent, faces ‘major human, economic, environmental toll’ from climate impacts
June 19, 2023
By the Climate CentreClimate change is taking a “major human, economic and environmental toll in […]
Factor health into adaptation finance – Climate Centre study
June 15, 2023
By the Climate Centre Climate Centre research indicating that adaptation finance for health remains very […]
Mauritania: Thousands of food-insecure families need urgent assistance as Sahel battles food crisis
June 12, 2023
By the IFRC (This story appeared first on the IFRC website earlier today. Mauritania last […]
DREF grant to help Sri Lanka Red Cross fight dengue surge
June 9, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Sri Lankan government Wednesday reported nearly 2,400 new cases of […]
Red Cross in North America helping millions protect against smoke from new Canadian wildfires
June 8, 2023
By the Climate Centre Tens of millions of people in North America have been advised […]
2 June, Heat Action Day 2023: heatwaves are intensifying but together we can #BeatTheHeat
June 2, 2023
By the IFRC(This story first appeared for on the IFRC website earlier today, 2 June, […]
US forecasters: 50% chance of above-normal cyclone activity in the central Pacific
May 28, 2023
By the Climate Centre US forecasters last week issued seasonal outlooks for tropical storms in […]
Amid ‘particular concern’ over climate-related illness and heat, #MeteoWorld resolves to expand services for public health
May 26, 2023
By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Congress, which opened in Geneva on Monday, has […]
‘Thanks to early warning and disaster management, catastrophic mortality rates are history’
May 22, 2023
By the Climate Centre (The IFRC last week launched an emergency appeal for 5 million […]
ICRC: Climate change and conflict combine to increase humanitarian needs in the Middle East
May 19, 2023
By the ICRC (This story is an ICRC release issued yesterday from Geneva. The new […]
Russian Red Cross faces new wildfire emergency
May 18, 2023
By the Climate Centre The northern hemisphere has seen “significant wildfire activity” this month and […]
WMO: Global temperatures likely to surge to record levels over next five years
May 17, 2023
By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Organization’s 2023 Annual-to-Decadal Climate Prediction, which has just […]
IFRC: Access and time crucial to help families in Myanmar and Bangladesh affected by Cyclone Mocha
May 16, 2023
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Kuala […]
Cyclone Mocha: Accurate forecasts spur preparedness in Myanmar and Bangladesh
May 15, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Mocha system made landfall early afternoon local time on the […]
Study: Western Mediterranean heatwave rare even for today’s warmed world
May 7, 2023
By the Climate Centre A rapid study of last month’s extraordinary heatwave in the western […]
Social protection and WASH can achieve common goals
May 4, 2023
By Sajanika Sivanu, Climate Centre, Toronto, Canada The Climate Centre and the Norwegian Red Cross […]
WMO: Prepare for El Niño
May 3, 2023
By the Climate Centre The probability of El Niño developing later this year is increasing, […]
Iberian peninsula heat breaks April record for Spain by nearly 5°C
May 1, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Spanish Red Cross (CRE) was last week reaching out to […]
‘Exceptional drought’ in Horn of Africa would not have occurred without climate change – Study
April 27, 2023
By the Climate Centre Climate change has turned what would have been manageable ‘dry’ conditions […]
New at #HNPW: Report reveals scale of anticipatory action worldwide
April 26, 2023
By the Anticipation Hub (A version of this story appeared first yesterday on the Anticipation […]
WMO global climate report: ‘Melting of some European glaciers literally off the charts’
April 21, 2023
By the Climate Centre The State of the Global Climate 2022 report published by the […]
Relief operation for 12,000 people affected by Uruguay drought after DREF for Red Cross assessment
April 20, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Uruguayan Red Cross earlier this year was supported by the […]
IFRC reference centres partner with new Connecting Climate Minds global project
April 18, 2023
By the Climate Centre A ground-breaking project to catalyse global research at the intersection of […]
Yemen Red Crescent prepares for forecast ‘severe weather’ in year’s first rainy season
April 17, 2023
By the Climate Centre Heavy seasonal rainfall since mid-March has caused flooding in many of […]
Red Cross battles climate impacts on two fronts in Kenya
April 12, 2023
By the Climate Centre The start of the long rains in Kenya last month caused […]
Early-spring wildfires ‘augur summer worries’ for Spain
April 5, 2023
By the Climate Centre Some 200 local Spanish Red Cross volunteers in four specialist teams […]
EU looks to ‘non-traditional donors’ to help blunt climate-driven disaster
March 31, 2023
By the Climate Centre The European Humanitarian Forum in Brussels last week focused on the […]
WMO celebrates 150 years of ‘cooperation and data exchange’
March 23, 2023
By the Climate Centre World Meteorological Day today – marked every year on 23 March […]
In TC Freddy’s wake, UN convenes multi-agency panel to accelerate early-warning worldwide
March 22, 2023
By the Climate Centre Arguing that record Cyclone Freddy in Southern Africa once again shows […]
‘Feasible, effective options’ to reduce emissions and adapt remain, but it means fundamental transformation
March 20, 2023
By the Climate Centre The IPCC’s summary of its now-complete sixth assessment of the global […]
TC Freddy may break record for the longest-lasting cyclone
March 15, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Malawi government said yesterday that record-breaking Cyclone Freddy had claimed […]
The Hague round table: ‘The more fragile a country is, the less climate finance it gets’
March 8, 2023
By the Climate Centre This year’s round table on climate and security in The Hague […]
Heat-health experts meet in-person for the first time since pandemic
March 6, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre last week represented the […]
Back-to-back cyclones in South Pacific mean ‘huge immediate needs’
March 5, 2023
By the Climate Centre (This story is edited from IFRC press releases and social media […]
Social protection for extreme temperatures: Experiences from the UK, the US and France (briefing paper)
March 5, 2023
To understand how social protection can help tackle some of the impacts of these risks, […]
Social protection for extreme temperatures: Experiences from the UK, the US and France (short case studies)
March 4, 2023
To understand how social protection can help tackle some of the impacts of these risks, […]
Urban climate risks and the role of social protection (briefing paper)
March 3, 2023
This brief gives an overview of the different climate-related hazards that urban spaces are at […]
Urban climate risks and the role of social protection (short case studies)
March 2, 2023
This brief gives an overview of different country case studies where social protection has been […]
WMO: Long-lived La Niña ending, but not soon enough to ease Horn drought
March 1, 2023
By the Climate Centre A warming El Niño event “may develop in the coming months” […]
Synergies in social protection and WASH: What should National Societies know?
March 1, 2023
This brief explores the connections between WASH and social protection, and will help National Societies […]
Rapid IFRC cash grants help National Societies address Cyclone Freddy impacts
February 27, 2023
By the Climate Centre Two grants from the IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund approved last […]
REAP State of Play report: ‘Are we doing enough?’
February 24, 2023
By the Climate Centre REAP’s Early Action: The State of Play 2022 report asks the […]
Smart early-warning: Hydromet experts discuss ways to progress digitization in Africa
February 16, 2023
By the Climate Centre A three-day expert meeting aimed at progressing the use in Africa […]
‘Cholera is back but the world is looking away’
February 14, 2023
By Petra Khoury, IFRC Director of Health and Care (This article appeared first on The […]
Kenya Red Cross early-action seeds help farmers beat drought
February 9, 2023
By Denis Onyodi, Climate Centre, Kwale county, Kenya Farmers in Kenya’s southern Kwale county who […]
Prudence Foundation and IFRC collaborate on health impacts of heat, humidity and air pollution
February 3, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Prudence Foundation and the IFRC through its specialist Climate Centre […]
New DREF grant to help Red Cross assess needs in nationwide Uruguay drought
February 1, 2023
By the Climate Centre The Uruguayan government last month asked the Red Cross for support […]
‘No earthquake, drought or hurricane in recorded history took more lives than the Covid-19 pandemic’
January 30, 2023
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued in Geneva earlier today. […]
Acrobatics
January 30, 2023
Can you think of any art form that embodies risk as compellingly as aerial acrobatics? […]
DREF grant responds to Mozambique cholera surge, anticipating rainy-season peak
January 25, 2023
By the Climate Centre The IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund Monday approved a grant of […]
Storms abate in California but hundreds of Red Cross personnel in place to assist with aftermath
January 19, 2023
By the Climate Centre The rain is finally ending in California after nine consecutive “atmospheric […]
‘Hundreds of Red Crossers helping exhausted Californians as more storms head their way’
January 15, 2023
By the Climate Centre (American Red Cross advice on finding storm shelters and staying safe […]
Last year ‘eighth in a row’ of temperatures above pre-industrial level, threatening Paris target of 1.5°C
January 13, 2023
By the Climate Centre The past eight years were the warmest on record globally, fuelled […]
WMO: Healing ozone layer will help avoid up to 0.5°C of global warming
January 9, 2023
By the Climate Centre The ozone layer is on course to recover within four decades, […]
Climate change made UK record hot year ‘160 times more likely’
January 6, 2023
Human-induced climate change made the UK’s record-breaking annual temperature last year about 160 times more […]
Record-breaking mild weather across Europe, while Red Cross ready for more of the opposite in North America
January 5, 2023
By the Climate Centre The UK Met Office said Tuesday that the main factor behind […]
IFRC: Amid worst drought in 40 years, chance of famine rises 25% in Somalia if displaced people don’t get help
January 2, 2023
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued in Nairobi and Geneva […]
Climate Centre Review of the Year 2022
December 21, 2022
by the Climate Centre (A look at our engagement with the year’s events through the […]
Early warning among ‘top science stories of 2022, chosen by scientists’
December 19, 2022
By the Climate Centre Early warning of extreme weather is among “the ten biggest science […]
More people, more sessions, more progress at 10th Global Dialogue Platform
December 9, 2022
By the Anticipation Hub (This story appeared first earlier today on the news area of […]
‘Real and long overdue progress’ sees the young recognized as stakeholders in action and policy on climate
December 2, 2022
by the Climate Centre The second annual Red Cross Red Crescent Movement youth climate summit […]
UR22 blog: What do acrobatics, doughnuts, beach balls and art have in common?
December 2, 2022
By Dorothy Heinrich, Climate Centre They are all ways to communicate risk. This was a […]
COP27: Intergenerational brainstorm for hydromet early warning early action
November 30, 2022
By Dorothy Heinrich, Climate Centre A designedly intergenerational workshop at COP27 earlier this month produced […]
Opinion: Success or failure? A Climate Centre verdict on COP27
November 25, 2022
By Carina Bachofen and Julie Arrighi, Associate Directors, Climate Centre, The Hague, Washington, DC So […]
COP27: ‘Now is the time to transform words into action’
November 21, 2022
By the IFRC (This joint statement by IFRC President Francesco Rocca and Secretary General Jagan […]
Climate Centre Director Maarten van Aalst to take over leadership of the Netherlands weather service
November 20, 2022
By the Climate Centre Climate Centre Director Maarten van Aalst will take up a new […]
COP27: Climate change exacerbated heavy rainfall and massive floods this year in West Africa – study
November 17, 2022
By the Climate Centre Heavy rain that caused massive flooding in Nigeria, Niger and Chad […]
COP27: Talks lack ambition needed to protect those hardest hit by climate change, warns IFRC
November 16, 2022
By the Climate Centre (This story is an IFRC press release issued yesterday.) The IFRC […]
COP27: Heat, desertification, dying land intensify struggle for Iraq’s farmers – ICRC
November 14, 2022
By the ICRC (This story is an ICRC news release issued earlier today, along with […]
COP27: IFRC launches Global Climate Resilience Platform to support 500 million people
November 9, 2022
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today from Geneva; […]
COP27: UN unveils promised plan to provide early warning for all
November 8, 2022
By the Climate Centre United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday unveiled its Early warnings for […]
COP27: Concise, accessible information from IFRC for National Societies on climate, disaster governance
November 7, 2022
By the Climate Centre The IFRC last week published a new guide to the governance […]
COP27: ICRC calls on world leaders to live up to commitments under Paris and the Agenda 2030
November 7, 2022
By the ICRC (This story is an ICRC news release issued in Geneva on Friday. […]
Europe: ‘A live picture of a warming world’
November 2, 2022
By the Climate Centre The World Meteorological Organization said today that temperatures in Europe are […]
COP27: The world cannot afford more vague promises, says IFRC
November 1, 2022
By the IFRC (This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today from Geneva.) […]
IFRC launches measures to make emergency fund ‘more agile, efficient, localized’
October 28, 2022
By the Climate Centre A two-year process of consultation and development intended to make its […]
Lancet Countdown: Climate impacts increasingly affecting health and well-being and exacerbating vulnerability
October 26, 2022
By the Climate Centre Over the past two years, extreme-weather events have caused devastation across […]