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Multimedia

April 8, 2021
We offer a range of multi media resources. These resources can be use free of […]

Training

April 8, 2021
We offer many virtual and face-to-face courses and opportunities for the development of capacity that […]

Terms and privacy, ANBI

April 7, 2021
Disclaimer You are free to quote from our reports and web stories, attributing to “the […]

Fast track to COP 26: UK presidency issues 2021 ‘pathway’ document

April 6, 2021
The UK COP 26 presidency said Friday it had been “heartened by participants’ show of […]

‘We cannot continue with a situation where adaptation is the poor cousin of mitigation’

April 1, 2021
The UK yesterday hosted the online Climate and Development Ministerial meeting, gathering governments and other […]

IFRC: Alarming levels of climate-related displacement

March 17, 2021
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Kuala Lumpur and Geneva.) […]

New journal article shows possible ways forward for early action on floods

March 17, 2021
(This story appeared first on Monday on the SERVIR website.) Disconnects between forecasters and decision-makers […]

A greener future for the world’s cities: low-cost urban action for community volunteers

March 11, 2021
The Red Cross Red Crescent is today launching a set of resources including videos for National […]

Specialist skills in IFRC reference centres: ‘Increasing impact for the communities we serve’

March 9, 2021
The IFRC yesterday released a new video detailing the work of its reference centres, hosted […]

New report explores attention to sexual and reproductive health and planning for climate adaptation

March 9, 2021
A new report aims to encourage countries to make progress “on the mutually supportive objectives […]

Scientists suggest new way of forecasting ENSO impacts on drought, rainfall

March 3, 2021
Global warming is distorting forecasts of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the Pacific – […]

Nations ‘nowhere near’ on a path to meet Paris climate goals

March 1, 2021
The UN Friday published an interim report it describes as a “red alert” for the […]

Europe plants seeds for stronger adaptation to ‘unavoidable’ climate change

March 1, 2021
The European Commission last week adopted a new strategy on adaptation which it says sets […]

 Reducing the Health and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Impacts of Climate Change

February 28, 2021
Setting the scene on health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) response in a changing climate

Blog: Experts mull ‘long-term perspective’ and meaningful role for youth in response to climate impacts

February 26, 2021
The Climate Centre earlier this week jointly hosted an expert workshop on responding to climate […]

ICRC: Focus on human security needed for effective action in communities vulnerable to climate and conflict

February 25, 2021
The ICRC Tuesday told the UN Security Council that assistance to the most vulnerable “must […]

Expert workshop report: responding to climate impacts

February 22, 2021
On Monday 22 February 2021, the Climate Centre convened a workshop on responding to climate […]

New research in Asia probes links between climate, health, livelihoods

February 22, 2021
“Country assessments in Afghanistan, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan on linkages between climate and […]

Feinstein associate professorship for Climate Centre science manager

February 19, 2021
The Climate Centre and the Boston-based Friedman School and Feinstein International Center today announced the […]

Mozambique: The time to prepare for the next cyclone is now

February 12, 2021
(This article appeared first on Tuesday on the Africa Portal website.) By Mohammed Omer Mukhier-Abuzein, […]

Building coastal resilience the natural way: a new guide

February 10, 2021
The US-based Nature Conservancy last week launched a major new guide to strategies for nature-based […]

Xavier Castellanos Mosquera

February 8, 2021
Xavier Castellanos Mosquera has more than three decades’ experience in National Society development, resilience building […]

Anniversary virtual conference: ‘Waiting for disaster to strike is not an option’

February 5, 2021
Hundreds of representatives from governments, UN, development and humanitarian agencies, universities, and other branches of […]

Fleur Monasso

February 2, 2021
Fleur joined the Climate Centre in 2005 and is part of the programme management team. […]

Rebeka Ryvola

February 2, 2021
Rebeka fosters a culture of creativity, innovation and experimentation in the team, supporting with the […]

Sayanti Sengupta

February 2, 2021
Sayanti provides technical support to the Climate Centre’s work on integrating climate risks into social […]

Roop Singh

February 2, 2021
Roop manages the urban and attribution portfolios, including leading our work on heat. She has […]

Liz Stephens

February 2, 2021
Liz is joint lead for science on anticipatory action and is a professor of climate […]

Madhab Uprety

February 2, 2021
Madhab is a Technical Adviser and Asia-Pacific focal point. He has extensive experience working on […]

Ramiz Khan

February 2, 2021
Ramiz is an urban sustainability and resilience-building practitioner with over eleven years’ experience working in […]

Bettina Koelle

February 2, 2021
Bettina is Interim Associate Director. A geographer by training and passionate about exploring linkages within […]

Andrew Kruczkiewicz

February 2, 2021
Andrew joined the Climate Centre as a technical adviser in 2014 and specializes in climate risk management. He is […]

Shaban Mawanda

February 2, 2021
Shaban has more than 13 years of experience as a humanitarian and development professional. He […]

Janot Mendler de Suarez

February 2, 2021
Janot has been contributing to applied research since 2010, developing serious games for programmes in […]

Knud Falk

February 2, 2021
Knud has worked with Climate Centre for more than ten years. He jointly developed the […]

Clemens Gros

February 2, 2021
Clemens is a consulting technical adviser in monitoring and evaluation with 18 years’ experience in […]

Ahmadul Hassan

February 2, 2021
Hassan is the technical adviser for forecast-based financing in Bangladesh and support similar projects across […]

Catalina Jaime

February 2, 2021
Catalina manages work on climate and conflict and leads on anticipatory action in situations of […]

Irene Amuron

February 2, 2021
Irene leads on anticipatory action and is the focal person for learning, innovation and exchange […]

Eddie Jjemba

February 2, 2021
Eddie Jjemba is an urban enthusiast and a seasoned facilitator with more ten years’ work […]

Julie Arrighi

February 2, 2021
Julie is Director of Programmes. Her position is shared with the American Red Cross. She […]

Meghan Bailey

February 2, 2021
Meghan leads the portfolios on climate-responsive social protection and the climate-health nexus. They are also […]

Juan Bazo

February 2, 2021
Juan is a climate scientist with many years’ experience in implementing climate change adaptation, climate […]

Marisa van den Berg

February 2, 2021
Marisa is the financial manager of the Climate Centre.

Erin Coughlan de Perez

February 2, 2021
Erin oversees our work on climate science for risk management. She leads support to forecast-based […]

Margot Curl

February 2, 2021
Margot is a manager leading work on innovative engagement (online and offline). She also leads […]

A new operational checklist for greening the Movement

February 1, 2021
The Red Cross Red Crescent has published a new checklist for greening the Movement, strengthening […]

‘Early warning early action saves money, lives and livelihoods, and supports people in a dignified way’

January 27, 2021
“It’s so important to invest in early warning and early action because all the analysis […]

Opinion: Climate action a ‘two-horse race’ as CAS 2021 gets underway

January 25, 2021
by Maarten van Aalst, Director, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Hague The global […]

In run-up to Climate Adaptation Summit 2021, IFRC announces expansion of emergency fund for disaster

January 25, 2021
(This story is an IFRC press release issued in Geneva today.) The IFRC today announced […]

NASA disasters programme joins Anticipation Hub

January 18, 2021
NASA last week joined the Anticipation Hub created by the German Red Cross, the IFRC […]

Harm Goossens

January 15, 2021
Harm Goossens is the General Manager of the Netherlands Red Cross, succeeding Marieke van Schaik […]

NASA: Last year tied with 2016 for warmest on record

January 15, 2021
The Earth’s surface temperature in 2020 equalled 2016 as the warmest on record, the US […]

Our changing oceans and snow: What do we know?

January 14, 2021
What is happening in the oceans, coasts, poles and mountains? And what is happening in […]

Partners

January 12, 2021
As detailed in our most recent annual report (for 2022), we were supported as a […]

Red Cross Red Crescent steps up in Malaysia

January 11, 2021
(This story is an IFRC press release issued in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.) Rescue and […]

2020: a year of ‘extraordinary climate events’ and a tie for the warmest on record

January 8, 2021
Twenty-twenty equalled the warmest year ever recorded globally, 2016, and it was the warmest on […]

Climate Action report: global inspiration, local examples

January 5, 2021
The Climate Action report is out! The Climate Centre is often asked by National Societies […]

IFRC releases emergency forecast-based funds for humanitarian action in Mongolia and Mozambique

January 4, 2021
(This story is based on a press release and departmental text issued by the IFRC […]

Vacancies

January 2, 2021
Senior Financial Officer Vacancy: We are seeking a Senior Financial Officer to be part of […]

Games

January 2, 2021

Research

January 2, 2021
Click on the grey bar at the base of some sections to see all publications […]

Humour

January 2, 2021
Humour keeps us honest. It strips away illusions that support the status quo. It helps […]

Conferences

January 2, 2021
Learn 18 innovative methods that spark participatory interaction between the event participants. The suggestions below […]

Innovative engagement

January 2, 2021
Climate change is an extraordinarily difficult problem, but when operating in complex systems innovative engagement […]

IBF

January 2, 2021

FbF

January 2, 2021

Science

January 2, 2021

Forecasting

January 2, 2021

Anticipatory action

January 2, 2021
Advances in weather forecasting and climate science now enable us to act before disasters strike […]

Urban

January 2, 2021
The Climate Centre provides guidance and resources for inclusive urban climate action at scale. The […]

Locally led adaptation

January 2, 2021
Locally led adaptation is an approach that empowers front-line communities to advance their own solutions […]

Contacts

January 2, 2021
If you would like to partner with us, please get in touch. We are always […]

News archive

December 31, 2020

Who we are

December 29, 2020
At least 31 different countries are represented in our mostly virtual team, who are based […]

Homepage

December 29, 2020

Climate Centre news review of the year 2020

December 17, 2020
A look back at our engagement with the climate-related humanitarian events of 2020 through the […]

Record climate disasters in Asia-Pacific push millions to ‘breaking point’

December 16, 2020
(This story appeared first earlier today of the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation.) Asia-Pacific […]

Blog: Social protection in a changing climate – what are the experts saying?

December 9, 2020
An expert meeting on Social protection in a changing climate was held virtually in late […]

Scaling up climate action an ‘absolute priority’ in new IFRC Global Plan 2021

December 8, 2020
The IFRC Friday launched its Global Plan 2021 detailing its ten-year Strategy 2030 that has […]

Turning up the volume on early humanitarian action: ‘one-stop-shop’ Anticipation Hub goes live

December 8, 2020
(This is a longer version of the story that appeared on the IFRC website earlier […]

Climate Centre part of new EU-funded project joining the dots on climate and health research

December 7, 2020
The Climate Centre is joining a new project launched last week bringing together leaders in […]

Lancet Countdown report on climate and health flags ‘growing levels of heat-related mortality among vulnerable people worldwide’

December 3, 2020
This year’s Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, published today by the world’s leading […]

Any old iron? (Or mementos of today.) Climate Centre presents 2050 ­time-capsule project to D&C Days online audience

December 3, 2020
The annual Development and Climate Days meeting was held virtually yesterday and today as one […]

report on climate and health flags ‘growing levels of heat-related mortality among vulnerable people worldwide’

December 3, 2020
This year’s Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, published today by the world’s leading […]

Deaths related to last summer’s heatwaves in England highest since start of planning, says government

December 1, 2020
Data issued last month by Public Health England puts at 2,556 the “total cumulative all-cause […]

Student spotlight: Hannah Sizelove, Climate Centre intern

December 1, 2020
(This interview with former Climate Centre intern Hannah Sizelove appeared first last month on the […]

Be an engine of long-termism and a ‘Future Ancestor’

December 1, 2020
The Climate Centre is this month inviting contributions (here) – letters, drawings, poems and art […]

Opinion: Tackling the humanitarian impacts of the climate crisis together

November 22, 2020
(This story appeared first in the Bangkok Post last week and on the IFRC news […]

Global response to climate change is failing people in greatest need, says IFRC’s

November 17, 2020
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC in Geneva earlier today.) Global […]

‘Big risk, little time’ – an interview with Professor Maarten van Aalst

November 16, 2020
(A full version of this article appeared earlier this month in the online magazine of […]

PfR – ‘a vision, not a project’ – passes the baton

November 13, 2020
A new flagship report detailing a decade of work in 11 countries by the Partners […]

New UNEP programme centred on early warning will support climate resilience in Pacific island nations

November 12, 2020
The UN yesterday said it had won Green Climate Fund (GCF) support for a new […]

Climate scientists on the ‘tricks of the trade’ for attribution studies

November 11, 2020
An international group of scientists have detailed the process by which they have been able […]

Blog: Learning from National Society experience on climate-related humanitarian social protection

November 10, 2020
Linking humanitarian action with social protection could provide an opportunity to reach those most at […]

Climate scientists to put ‘relentless storms and floods’ devastating central Vietnam under microscope

November 2, 2020
(Vietnam’s recent struggle against a back-to-back series of deadly floods and storms can be tracked […]

As disaster train gathers speed, efforts gear up to clear the track

October 26, 2020
(This story appeared first last week on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It […]

New heatwave study maps ‘significant exposure increases’ threatening vulnerable populations in global South

October 26, 2020
Heatwaves have become more frequent and intense with climate change “and have serious and potentially […]

Report: Support people most vulnerable to disasters to understand (and insure against) risk better

October 23, 2020
The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by […]