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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By the Climate Centre The Climate Centre and the Boston-based Friedman School and Feinstein International […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ramiz specializes in the intersection of cities, climate, and communities. With over a decade of experience engaging […]

Bettina leads the cross cutting cluster on innovation and learning in the Climate Centre. A geographer […]

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

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

Fleur joined the Climate Centre in 2005 and is part of the programme management team. She specializes in the […]

Rebeka is an artist and researcher exploring the imagination, perception, and collective care within climate […]

Sayanti is a social protection expert, specialising on climate change and leads projects on embedding climate risks […]

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

Meghan is Head of Health and Social Protection. They lead the portfolios on the use of social […]

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

Marisa is the financial manager of the Climate Centre.

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

Margot manages the work of the Programme Integration team, ensuring that the topics of policy, science, innovation and learning, as […]

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

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

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

Irene leads the Anticipatory Action team and is the focal person for learning, innovation and exchange at the Anticipation Hub. She […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vacancy – Internship – Climate Action for a Resilient Asia (CARA), Vietnam   We are looking for an […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sweden earlier this week detailed two new climate-related initiatives intended to increase the resilience of […]

One in three people globally are still not adequately covered by early-warning systems, despite extreme […]

(This story is a press release issued yesterday by the IFRC in Pretoria to mark […]

Extreme-weather events have increased dramatically and now dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st century, […]

(This story appeared first on Monday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It […]

(The photos from Bangladeh and India used in the Vice Media story can be downloaded […]

At last week’s 6th International Climate Adaptation Conference, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the IFRC […]

“During the Covid-19 lockdown and social distancing, awareness programmes on climate change were put on […]

Key messages from the ICRC’s recent report on conflict and climate, When Rain Turns to […]

(This story is a press release first issued by the IFRC in Geneva and New […]

The Climate Centre earlier this month remotely contributed technical and humanitarian input at a two-day […]

(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today. It has been edited slightly […]

(This contribution from IFRC President Francesco Rocca first aired on Al Jazeera English on Saturday. […]