Global partnership on heat and health urges better preparation for Northern Hemisphere summer amid pandemic precautions
May 26, 2020
(A longer version of this story first ran earlier today on the GHHIN website.) An […]
WMO updating guidelines on impact-based forecasting, incorporating humanitarian input
May 25, 2020
The World Meteorological Organization says it will later this year issue updated guidance on impact-based […]
East Africa: Red Cross raises the alarm over ‘triple menace’ of floods, COVID and locusts
May 22, 2020
(This story is an IFRC press release issued in Nairobi and Geneva on Wednesday, slightly […]
In Uganda, PfR-supported agricultural extension helps farmers through lockdown headaches
May 21, 2020
Farmers in Uganda’s Otuke district say climate-centred agricultural extension supported by CARE as part of […]
Maputo: National adaption planning and cities
May 20, 2020
The Climate Centre working with partners under FRACTAL has led the process of having cities […]
IFRC emergency assistance for Cyclone Amphan includes second-ever use of emergency early-action fund
May 20, 2020
The IFRC has been preparing for a major humanitarian response with Cyclone Amphan – described […]
Opinion: In our multi-hazard warming world, how do we ‘build back better’ after COVID?
May 19, 2020
On the Thursday before last, at pretty much the exact moment I was sitting down […]
IFRC-Climate Centre ‘cartoonathon’ participants ask: after COVID will the new-normal stick?
May 18, 2020
An IFRC cartoonathon earlier this month drew more than 150 people from at least 60 countries […]
National Societies formally invited to ‘Climate:Red’ summit in September
May 15, 2020
IFRC Secretary General Jagan Chapagain today formally invited all National Societies to join the fully […]
Research: Potentially lethal combinations of heat and humidity double since 1979
May 12, 2020
New research published Friday in the journal Science Advances is believed to be the first […]
COVID-19 pandemic reveals ‘just how vulnerable people are worldwide to unexpected crises – and work needed to improve resilience’
May 11, 2020
(This story appeared first on Thursday the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation.) In the […]
Push for ‘resilient societies’ and a carbon-neutral Europe central outcome from EU’s PLACARD project
May 11, 2020
The PLACARD project – which is funded by the European Commission as part of its […]
European summer heatwaves the most lethal disaster of 2019, says international research group
May 5, 2020
A new report on 2019 from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters […]
First virtual climate-services meeting for Pacific is ‘important heads-up for water resources and COVID preparation’
May 4, 2020
The sixth Pacific Island Climate Outlook Forum (PICOF) was held virtually late last month, ushering […]
Global IDP numbers at ‘all-time high’ from conflict and extreme weather
May 4, 2020
The new Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID), published last week, says the number of […]
Petersberg Climate Dialogue: ‘The highest cost is the cost of doing nothing’
May 4, 2020
The 11th international Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin last week heard a renewed call from […]
FbF potential in Africa boosted by new reporting points on rivers in four countries
April 23, 2020
Fifty-one new reporting-points – including 24 in Kenya, the first there – came online for […]
UNSG: We must act decisively to protect our planet from coronavirus and existential threat of climate disruption
April 22, 2020
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres today put forward six climate-related actions to shape recovery from […]
‘Virus-hit Asian nations brace for double disasters as extreme weather looms’
April 20, 2020
(This story appeared first on Thursday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It […]
Sir John Houghton, climate scientist, 1931–2020
April 20, 2020
(This story was updated on 21 April after confirmation of Sir John Houghton’s COVID diagnosis.) […]
Climate Centre launches minisite for resources
April 16, 2020
The Climate Centre today launches a minisite offering a comprehensive set of tools and assistance […]
Scientists say biodiversity loss from climate change could be very sudden and affect hundreds of millions by 2040
April 14, 2020
New research on climate impacts and global biodiversity published last week in the journal Nature […]
‘Island nations struggle to manage deadly Cyclone Harold while trying to stave off pandemic’
April 9, 2020
(This story first ran yesterday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation; it has […]
PfR launches documentary series on resilience work in the Philippines
April 8, 2020
A series of three new feature-length documentary films on PfR’s work in the Philippines, commissioned […]
IFRC and Climate Centre contributions to UNDRR’s new guide
April 7, 2020
The UN today launched its Words into Action publication that involved the IFRC as one of […]
Early warning early action in the Pacific for Tropical Cyclone Harold
April 6, 2020
The IFRC yesterday issued an “imminent crisis” cash grant of just over 50,000 Swiss francs […]
Red Cross and Red Crescent appeals for 800m Swiss francs to assist world’s most vulnerable people in fight against COVID-19
March 27, 2020
(To help maximize the audience for this crucial Movement appeal we’re cross-posting the joint ICRC-IFRC […]
‘There are too many pressures on our natural systems and something has to give’
March 26, 2020
The long-term response to coronavirus “must tackle habitat and biodiversity loss,” according to the Executive […]
UN couples international observance days for water and meteorology to raise profile of climate issue
March 23, 2020
United Nations agencies have this year coupled two special days to highlight that one of […]
‘As the climate heats up, planners urged to look beyond history to judge risks’
March 19, 2020
(This story appeared first yesterday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It has […]
Blog: Humanity must unite to beat coronavirus and climate change
March 17, 2020
(In a blog that appeared first on the Climate Home website last week, IIED Director […]
‘Meeting without flying’: Beat coronavirus reduce your carbon footprint
March 13, 2020
There are now not one but two very compelling reasons to “fly less”, as the […]
Thousands of Mozambicans still vulnerable to recurrent disasters a year on from Cyclone Idai
March 11, 2020
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Beira, Nairobi and Geneva.) […]
Partners for Resilience, faces of resilience: multimedia exhibition closes in The Hague
March 11, 2020
A month-long multimedia exhibition graphically illustrating both climate impacts in the developing world and potential […]
New Movement ambitions on climate
March 6, 2020
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement late last month published details of its collective ambitions […]
Scientists find significant climate influence in Australia’s recent fire weather – it could get ‘four times as frequent’ with 2°C global warming
March 4, 2020
Climate change increased the chance of the “extreme fire weather” witnessed in Australia over the […]
Climate attribution work in MIT review ten ‘breakthrough technologies’ for 2020
February 26, 2020
(Note to media: After one of the worst fire seasons in decades in Australia, with […]
With heatwave danger expected to grow, USAID adds technical detail to Red Cross Red Crescent guide for city officials
February 24, 2020
The United States Agency for International Development last week released four companion guides to the […]
‘To survive disaster plan for the worst’
February 21, 2020
An opinion piece in the New York Times Wednesday argued that, “If disasters take us […]
Full house for latest conflict-climate round table in New York
February 17, 2020
There was a full house on Friday at the Belgian mission to the UN for […]
Blog: #WUF10 (cities) through a climate lens
February 17, 2020
This year’s session of the World Urban Forum (WUF 10) in Abu Dhabi, the tenth, […]
Record flood-warnings in effect as UK battered by second severe storm in a week
February 17, 2020
The UK authorities this weekend had more individual flood warnings in force for England than […]
Blog: Geoengineering – there may be trouble ahead
February 14, 2020
(This blog appeared first last week on the website of the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative. […]
Mapping social protection in future-climate scenarios
February 12, 2020
The first of a series of expert meetings for 2020 on social protection options in […]
Blog: The future is now – time to scale up climate mitigation and adaptation measures
February 6, 2020
(This story appeared first on the ICRC blog site earlier today. It has been edited […]
Red Cross Red Crescent scientists at IPCC lead authors’ meeting
February 4, 2020
IPCC scientists Saturday ended a week-long consultation in Faro, Portugal on the Working Group II […]
Climate change aggravating ‘world’s most under-reported disasters’
January 31, 2020
A new report from CARE International says the African continent was the setting for all […]
UN: Prepare for ‘millions’ more climate displaced
January 27, 2020
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said last week the world needs to prepare […]
‘Whatever the weather – Southern Africa tries new hunger fixes’
January 23, 2020
(This story appeared first yesterday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It has […]
International scientists launch climate attribution study of Australian bushfires as smoke ‘circles the globe’
January 17, 2020
Climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution group were this week beginning a study of […]
Increased understanding of ‘EAR Watch’ in Vanuatu
January 17, 2020
(A version of this story appeared last month in the Vanuatu Daily Post.) A workshop […]
ICRC: Climate change and violence trap millions in near-constant crisis in Ethiopia and Somalia
January 15, 2020
(This story is an ICRC press release issued earlier today in Addis Ababa.) Millions of […]
‘Red Cross scrambles to address surging climate-related risks’
January 13, 2020
(This story appeared first last month in French and English on the news service of […]
IFRC releases cash for Mongolian herders facing new in first-ever use of early-action funding mechanism
January 9, 2020
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Ulaanbaatar, Geneva and Kuala […]
Hundreds of elderly people died in 2019 UK summer heatwaves, official data says
January 8, 2020
Official UK data released yesterday says there were just under 900 excess deaths during the […]
UK Met Office: 2020 set to extend series of Earth’s warmest years
January 2, 2020
A British Met Office forecast last month found the global average temperature for the coming […]
‘The crying COP’
January 2, 2020
(This story appeared first late last month on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. […]
Struggling to survive climate impacts and conflict in Afghanistan
January 1, 2020
Karimullah (his first name), 30, from Helmand province, is a single father with a six-year-old […]
Climate change, violence against women and girls among agencies’ top priorities for 2020, survey shows
January 1, 2020
Senior figures in most of ten international humanitarian agencies, including the IFRC, have listed either […]
Review of the Year 2019
December 19, 2019
The last year of the decade saw many intense climate impacts, extreme heat to storms […]
First national dialogue on forecast-based financing in Nepal
December 17, 2019
The first national dialogue platform on forecast-based financing in Nepal was held in Kathmandu at […]
Red Cross Red Crescent climate specialists: ‘Small steps at UN climate talks not enough’
December 15, 2019
At the end of a second day of extra time at the COP 25 UN […]
Opinion: At the life-or-death edge of climate change, we all have to take action
December 11, 2019
(With ambitious efforts on climate adaptation and climate-smart development, we could reduce the number of […]
Development and Climate Days 2019: ‘Grass-roots ideas need to shape climate policy if it’s to be effective’
December 11, 2019
(This story appeared first on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation earlier this week.) […]
Historic virtual hook-up between humanitarians and UN climate community
December 10, 2019
A joint virtual event from COP 25 in Madrid and the 33rd International Conference of […]
Development and Climate Days 2019: Illumination amid ‘a sea of warnings’
December 8, 2019
The 17th annual Development and Climate Days took place in Madrid today, over a single […]
Climate change at the centre of IFRC global strategy for 2030
December 5, 2019
(This story has been edited mainly from today’s IFRC press releases issued in Geneva on the […]
Climate Centre board member Jagan Chapagain is new IFRC Secretary General
December 4, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC yesterday; it has been edited […]
‘Nepal villages learn to cope with climate crisis’
December 3, 2019
(A longer version of this article and a video to accompany it appeared in the […]
Forecast-based financing operation underway as Typhoon Kammuri bears down on Philippines
December 2, 2019
(A version of this story appeared earlier today on the FbF website of the German […]
Two new UN warnings on carbon in the atmosphere (and a theory about what could happen if the world doesn’t listen)
November 29, 2019
Two new warnings this week from within the UN system suggest that the world will […]
Anticipatory humanitarian action: ‘commitment, courage, humility, questioning’
November 21, 2019
This year’s Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action in Berlin last week gathered more […]
New will help Kenyan farmers plan for both drought and floods
November 21, 2019
(This story appeared first on Tuesday on the website Thomson Reuters Foundation.) Kenya will launch […]
: Climate change injuring health of children worldwide and threatening lifelong impact
November 18, 2019
New research from 35 global institutions published last week in one of the world’s leading […]
Can we see ‘risk’ from space? Humanitarian workshop at week-long Group on Earth Observations session
November 15, 2019
(An earlier version of this blog was published to coincide with GEO Week 2019: Earth Observations for Disaster Risk […]
Climate change: new warnings from science
November 7, 2019
Two grave warnings with major humanitarian implications published this week and last by international scientists […]
More than 2m people in Zambia face severe food insecurity – country could see ‘potentially catastrophic’ above-average warming by century’s end
November 5, 2019
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC jointly in Lusaka, Pretoria and […]
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and IFRC will jointly chair Pacific climate services panel
November 4, 2019
(A version of this story first appeared on the website of the Pacific Meteorological Desk […]
Indonesia emerges from devastating drought
October 24, 2019
Nearly 50 million people in Indonesia may have been affected by the country’s long-running drought […]
‘Urgent action needed for countries in Southern Africa threatened by drought’
October 21, 2019
(Dr Michael Charles heads the IFRC Southern Africa Cluster. His article was first published by […]
‘Inextricable link between hunger and climate’ highlighted in 2019 Global Hunger Index
October 18, 2019
The 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI), launched Tuesday by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, says that […]
Redouble efforts for climate resilience and risk reduction, says UN chief, as Super Typhoon Hagibis lays waste to parts of Japan
October 14, 2019
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday called for climate resilience and disaster risk reduction to […]
#redinnovation: Ideas, new technology or ‘just making things simpler’
October 10, 2019
At least 130 people from 50 National Societies and two reference centres were this week […]
IFRC Governing Board approves , with climate top of list of global challenges
October 7, 2019
The IFRC’s Governing Board (pictured) last week approved the organizations’s new Strategy 2030 that “proposes […]
Scientists say extreme rain and floods with Storm Imelda up to 2.6 times more likely due to global warming
October 7, 2019
A new rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution (WWA) scientists at the end of last […]
IFRC joins forces with social media giant TikTok to recruit climate volunteers
October 7, 2019
The IFRC last month joined forces with TikTok, regarded as the world’s leading social-media platform […]
Seasonal rain and warmer temperatures blamed for ‘unprecedented’ dengue spike across Central America
October 1, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release first issued Friday in Panama City and Geneva.) […]
Social protection schemes expanding to encompass climate hazards, says new research
October 1, 2019
The latest in a series of series of background papers commissioned by the Global Commission […]
Climate action is a central theme of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap summit
September 25, 2019
Last week’s Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT) summit at Heidelberg University, Germany gathered more than 200 people […]
IPCC: Oceans and ice caps ‘taking the heat’ for climate change – the consequences for humanity will be sweeping and severe
September 25, 2019
(The Climate Centre today issued a lay person’s guide in cartoon form to the IPCC […]
A Guide to Effective Collaboration and Learning in Consortia
September 23, 2019
This guide shares examples and lessons from a range of consortia working in adaptation and […]
Risk-informed Early Action Partnership – ‘REAP’ – launched at #climateaction summit: ‘Let us work together for a safe world for our future generation’
September 23, 2019
The much-heralded Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) intended to protect a billion people in the […]
Partners for Resilience to #climateaction summit: ‘Speed up support for the most vulnerable’
September 22, 2019
(A version of this story appeared earlier today on the PfR website. It has been […]
An Australian face of climate change – ‘we need to do more’, says Red Cross CEO
September 20, 2019
The chief executive of the Australian Red Cross, Judy Slatyer, today said extreme weather events […]
200 million people in need and 20 billion dollars needed to respond: IFRC report estimates ‘cost of doing nothing’ on climate
September 19, 2019
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in New York.) A new […]
IFRC this week launching global campaigns on climate
September 17, 2019
(This story is an IFRC media advisory issued yesterday in New York and Geneva.) The […]
‘Early warning, earlier action. Resilience in the face of rising risks’: (New) Professor Van Aalst’s inaugural lecture
September 16, 2019
Climate Centre Director Maarten van Aalst – who is now Professor Dr Van Aalst – […]
Opportunities and barriers to the access and use of climate information for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda and Kenya
September 11, 2019
This report highlights the outcomes of a study to assess the opportunities and barriers to […]
Elhadj As Sy on #AdaptOurWorld report: Invest in climate adaptation, pay less later
September 11, 2019
IFRC Secretary General Elhadj As Sy yesterday called for greater “political will” to tackle the […]