‘Conflict and climate nexus’ unpacked at Nairobi high-level round table
January 18, 2019
The first of a 2019 series of high-level round tables on the interconnected vulnerabilities and […]
Anticipatory action tops list in UN blueprint for future humanitarian funding
January 18, 2019
The UN humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, has proposed expanding three approaches to funding to close […]
World Bank to put support for adaptation ‘on a par’ with mitigation for first time
January 16, 2019
Arguing that climate change “poses an acute and increasing threat to global development”, the World […]
Alpine regions see deaths amid ‘schneechaos’
January 14, 2019
Meteoalarm red alerts for dangerously heavy snowfall or avalanches were in force Monday for Alpine […]
National Societies across Asia Pacific and Mideast grapple with impacts of damaging seasonal-weather
January 10, 2019
The Red Cross Red Crescent across the Asia Pacific region and in the Middle East […]
‘The focus shall not be on cost but on economic and social benefits of adaptation and resilience’
January 8, 2019
The UN yesterday issued an official outcome document from the Marrakech Partnership round table on […]
Global humanitarian agencies list conflict, migration and climate among top priorities for 2019
January 7, 2019
Humanitarian agencies surveyed by the Thomson Reuters Foundation have said they are bracing for “a […]
‘Small numbers, tremendous change’
January 3, 2019
(This article appeared frst in the print edition of the latest Red Cross Red Crescent […]
World-first expert forum charts possible ways forward on killer heatwaves
January 2, 2019
Amid widespread scientific agreement that with climate change potentially lethal heatwaves are starting earlier and […]
Australian Red Cross again confronting ‘biggest killer’ among natural disasters
January 2, 2019
With the southern-hemisphere summer approaching its peak, the Australian Red Cross (ARC) is again warning […]
IFRC: Extreme weather intensifies ‘chronic forgotten crisis’ in North Korea
January 2, 2019
(A version of this story appeared first on the IFRC news site late last month) […]
Review of the Year 2018
December 19, 2018
A look back at our engagement with the climate-related humanitarian events of 2018 through the […]
Inter-agency effort to assist Tuvalu with early warning and action for drought
December 19, 2018
Drought is a tricky hazard to prepare for in the Pacific – a silent, slow-onset […]
New IFRC report addresses climate change as #1 threat-multiplier for displacement in Asia Pacific
December 18, 2018
An IFRC report launched last week at the ISDR-Asia Partnership Forum in Bangkok says migration […]
IFRC welcomes prospect of ‘new era of global climate action’
December 16, 2018
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today.) The IFRC today welcomed the […]
Research: Heatwaves, droughts and floods among recent weather extremes linked to climate change
December 13, 2018
New research published on Monday, as the second week of UN climate talks in Poland […]
‘A warming world raises “scary” prospects for poor food producers who face lower harvests and competition for land’
December 13, 2018
(This story appeared first on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Sunday.) In […]
IFRC at COP resilience event: ‘We need to move away from debating value for money to value for people’
December 10, 2018
A round table alongside the climate talks in Poland today heard a wide range of […]
‘Follow the science,’ lead climate negotiator for LDCs tells Development and Climate Days closing event
December 9, 2018
The lead climate negotiator for the world’s least developed countries has called for action on […]
At D&C Days in Katowice, a recipe for eradicating world hunger
December 9, 2018
The role of cooks in advocating for the second Sustainable Development Goal – to wipe […]
Half a degree matters. Opening D&C Days plenary centres on IPCC special report on global temperature-rise scenarios
December 8, 2018
The two-day annual Development and Climate Days workshop opened this morning in Katowice alongside the United […]
At COP 24, PfR argues for ‘large-scale initiatives to transform whole landscapes, rural and urban, into safer and more prosperous places’
December 4, 2018
The Partners for Resilience alliance – in a joint statement today shortly after the annual […]
Climate-related training for trainers at IFRC Asia Pacific HQ
December 4, 2018
More than 20 participants from National Societies and IFRC offices across the Asia Pacific region […]
: Extreme heat damaging health and livelihoods and threatening to overwhelm hospitals worldwide
November 29, 2018
One of the world’s most widely respected medical journals, The Lancet, yesterday published research showing […]
IFRC releases humanitarian cash for Tamil Nadu after good preparedness averts ‘major disaster’ in cyclone
November 23, 2018
The IFRC today released nearly a third of a million dollars for humanitarian relief by […]
Y-Adapt in Guatemala: ‘dynamic, cool and perfect for young people’
November 22, 2018
Nearly 40 young volunteers from 15 branches of the Guatemala Red Cross (GRC) last week […]
Opinion: ‘Yes, climate change is a humanitarian issue’
November 22, 2018
(This opinion piece appeared first earlier today on the IRIN news site. It was timed […]
At Asia-Pacific and Mideast summit, Red Cross Red Crescent commits to leadership role for women
November 16, 2018
(The first part of this story, edited slightly here for length and time reference, appeared […]
UK universities and agencies launch SHEAR ‘catalyst projects’
November 16, 2018
Thirteen British universities and other agencies met in London on Tuesday to launch a series […]
UN: Sahel region one of the most vulnerable to climate change
November 14, 2018
The UN Special Adviser on the Sahel, Ibrahim Thiaw, Monday described Africa’s Sahel region as […]
Drought drives Afghans off their land in hundreds of thousands as IFRC issues emergency humanitarian cash grant
November 8, 2018
The IFRC last week issued an emergency grant of humanitarian cash of just over US$ […]
Resilience roadshow rolls into Kenyan capital
November 7, 2018
The Climate Resilience Roadshow initiative expanded its consultations to Africa last week with an event […]
Hands-on experience of ‘risk-free risk’ in climate adaptation for farming
November 2, 2018
The Climate Centre this week represented the IFRC at a workshop in Geneva aimed at […]
: do more to stop millions being left behind
October 31, 2018
(A version of this story appeared first as a press release earlier today on the […]
World leaders combine to catalyse climate adaptation
October 17, 2018
A new Global Commission on Adaptation has been formally launched at an event in The […]
Games integrated into technical training at 4th Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum
October 16, 2018
The 4th Pacific Islands Outlook Forum (PICOF) took place last week in Nadi, Fiji, bringing […]
Climate: ‘Count on us as partners in the future’, Elhadj As Sy tells Geneva science-humanitarian dialogue
October 12, 2018
IFRC Secretary General Elhadj As Sy today told the historic ‘Climate Science and Humanitarian Dialogue’ […]
Climate Centre publishes pioneering research that underpinned early years of forecast-based financing
October 12, 2018
A panel of international scientists specializing in various fields linked to climate risk gathered at […]
Climate change already making humanitarian work harder, less predictable, more complex, says IFRC, as scientists spell out dangers of overshooting 1.5°C
October 8, 2018
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Geneva. Its month-long #ForOurKids […]
Supported by PfR, Haiti Red Cross agrees climate measures with environment ministry
October 8, 2018
The Haitian Red Cross last Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of […]
In pictures: Rice and debts on the minds of typhoon survivors in the Philippines
September 28, 2018
(In these photo stories gathered by the IFRC's Rosemarie North local women talk about what keeps them […]
Germany pledges to intensify strategic cooperation with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement on FbF
September 27, 2018
The German Red Cross yesterday welcomed at least 170 humanitarian, development and technical specialists to […]
Putting the ‘last mile’ first at Pacific forum on managing disaster-risk
September 27, 2018
Disaster managers from Pacific Red Cross National Societies this week held their annual forum in […]
Global partnership to use ‘frontier technology’ to predict and beat famine
September 26, 2018
The UN, the World Bank, the ICRC and the world’s leading technology firms Sunday convened […]
Registration opens for 2018 Development and Climate Days
September 24, 2018
(A version of this story appeared earlier today on the website of the International Institute […]
Technical workshop charts possible early actions for extreme rain on Ecuador-Peru coast
September 21, 2018
Experts from the governments of Ecuador and Peru, their specialist agencies, and the two Red […]
12 universities combine to launch ‘inventive response to East Africa’s rapidly changing risk-profile’
September 21, 2018
A groundbreaking short-course on disaster risk launched last week by a consortium of 12 African […]
Philippines: Homes and incomes top concerns after Typhoon Mangkhut
September 19, 2018
(This story is a press release issued by the IFRC earlier today jointly in Manila […]
Red Cross in maximum preparedness effort ahead of weekend of storm impacts
September 14, 2018
Red Cross staff and volunteers on opposite sides of the world were this weekend engaged […]
Guterres: World risks crossing point of no return on climate
September 13, 2018
UN Secretary-General António Guterres this week warned the world risks “missing the point where we […]
‘Uneven progress’ at Bangkok talks on future climate regime, says UN
September 10, 2018
A supplementary session of UN climate talks on a global rule-book for implementing the Paris […]
Finnish Red Cross study of Arctic disaster-management: from air-dropped survival kits to the ‘Snowbulance’
September 7, 2018
(This story appeared first earlier this week on the website of the Finnish Red Cross. […]
‘Combattre la dengue en s’amusant’*
September 5, 2018
At an after-dark street market in Saint-Denis, the administrative centre of Réunion, the French Red […]
Mapping, modelling, drones: understanding flood risk in the Niger capital
September 3, 2018
(This story is an unofficial translation of a report that appeared in French late last […]
Blog: PfR legacy on Odisha coast – helping to preserve catches and livelihoods
August 29, 2018
(Sanne Hogesteeger travelled to India as part of a visit to Partners for Resilience project […]
US space agency and Climate Centre brainstorm ways of linking humanitarian work with Earth observation
August 26, 2018
(This story appeared first on Friday on the SERVIR Global website. It has been edited […]
Not all trash is waste, say Haiti youth
August 26, 2018
“ECEAUH has identified the lack of waste disposal as one of Haiti’s most serious environmental […]
Swathes of South India underwater after worst floods in a century
August 21, 2018
(This story appeared first on the IFRC website on Monday.) Hundreds of thousands of people […]
Food and livelihoods under threat worldwide as droughts hit
August 13, 2018
(This story appeared first earlier today on the IFRC news site.) Millions of people are […]
‘The world is losing the war on climate change’
August 10, 2018
For those of us working on the humanitarian impacts of climate change, last week provided […]
Ecuador met service award for joint FbF work with Red Cross
August 9, 2018
Ecuador’s National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI*) Monday presented the country’s Red Cross society with […]
Uganda’s Red Cross and met authority sign MOU
August 8, 2018
The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) last Friday became the latest National Society to sign a […]
North Korea declares emergency over heatwave threat to people and crops
August 7, 2018
Official media in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) say the government has declared […]
Greenhouse gases, sea levels, warm oceans, shrinking ice caps all set new records last year, say scientists
August 6, 2018
The new annual State of the Climate report from an international group of some 500 […]
IFRC warns of heatwave risks as Spain and Portugal face hottest weather in modern record
August 3, 2018
(This story is an IFRC press release issued earlier today in Geneva and Budapest.) Spain […]
Australian Red Cross launches month-long appeal for farmers struggling against the #BigDry
August 2, 2018
(This story is a press release that appeared first on the website of the Australian […]
Heavy, continuous monsoon rain across East Asia tests humanitarian system as IFRC announces emergency cash for Philippines
August 1, 2018
Three intense weather systems in five days have caused floods in the Philippines affecting nearly […]
Summer wildfires continue to cause havoc in northern hemisphere
July 30, 2018
The Greek authorities this weekend raised to 88 the number of people who died in […]
International assistance arrives in Sweden to help fight ‘70 forest fires, large and small’
July 20, 2018
The Swedish Red Cross says a combination of very little rain and hot weather has […]
Tabitha Berg: Cook Islands climate champion
July 19, 2018
(This story appeared first earlier today on the IFRC news site.) By day Tabitha Berg […]
With 3m people affected by floods in China and Mongolia rain of ‘unprecedented intensity’, Red Cross confronts extreme weather across E Asia
July 18, 2018
The IFRC yesterday released nearly US$ 400,000 from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund to aid […]
Climate change tripled likelihood of drought that pushed Cape Town water crisis to ‘Day Zero’ brink, say scientists
July 16, 2018
(This story is a press release issued by the WWA partnership on Friday, along with […]
: Influence of climate change on weather becoming clearer (say hello to a warmer world)
July 11, 2018
A collaboration between European meteorological services known as EUPHEME will soon be able promptly to […]
‘I have lived here all my life. I have never seen anything like this’
July 9, 2018
Japanese public broadcaster NHK Monday reported that an all-out search and rescue operation is now […]
Lethal eastern Canada heatwave forecast to abate
July 6, 2018
Local officials yesterday raised to 34 the number of people they say have died in […]
A journey for a thousand smiles: Stories of resilient people
July 5, 2018
A selection of ten compelling case studies from Partners for Resilience in Indonesia.
AMCDRR: Integrated risk management puts down roots in Indonesia
July 5, 2018
The Partners for Resilience country team in Indonesia this week published a compendium of case […]
AMCDRR: Red Cross tackles humanitarian needs in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
July 5, 2018
(Thanks to its unique mandate the Red Cross is one of few humanitarian organizations working […]
AMCDRR: ‘Female leadership is crucial in building resilient communities’
July 3, 2018
(This opinion piece appeared first last week on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. […]
The climate science that matters for humanitarians: first IPCC lead-author meeting of ‘AR6’ cycle
July 3, 2018
Lead authors from the IPCC’s Working Group I, covering the science of climate change, Friday […]
WMO: Caribbean edges toward regionwide, people-centred early warning
July 2, 2018
The Caribbean is moving closer to a regional strategy to “strengthen people-centred early warning systems […]
Cape Town #AF2018 session debates adapting social protection for adaptation
July 2, 2018
The 2018 Adaptation Futures in Cape Town was all about possibilities. Discussions at both plenary […]
SA Red Cross at #AF2018: Scientists, researchers and people directly affected must find common language on climate
June 28, 2018
“Adaptation requires much greater collaboration by all stakeholders”: this was the conclusion of Fernel Campher, […]
EU to world: time for action on climate, security, peace
June 25, 2018
The ICRC Brussels delegation and the Red Cross EU Office took part in a major […]
Heatwave threats rarely a priority for city officials, even as risks rise
June 22, 2018
(This story appeared first yesterday on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website. It is the second […]
Cities face dramatic rise in risks from heat and flood by 2050, researchers say
June 21, 2018
(This story appeared first yesterday on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website. It has been edited […]
Resilience, social protection and integrated risk management
June 18, 2018
This briefing note explains how social protection programmes that benefit individuals and households can complement community-based […]
First Adaptation Futures conference in Africa
June 18, 2018
The fifth international climate change adaptation conference – ‘Adaptation Futures 2018’ – got underway in […]
New state of emergency in snowbound Peru districts includes earlier FbF distribution sites
June 14, 2018
With parts of the country suffering extreme cold and heavy snow in the southern winter, […]
Red Cross-supported goat-rearing helps sustain households in north-east Uganda
June 14, 2018
(A version of this story appeared last week on the website of the Uganda Red […]
As monsoon intensifies, ‘unsung heroes’ bring health and maternal care to Cox’s Bazar camps
June 8, 2018
(This story appeared first on the IFRC website earlier this week) Amidst intensifying monsoon season […]
‘What does not get measured cannot be managed’
June 7, 2018
(This article appeared first earlier this week on the World Bank’s Let’s Talk Development site. […]
Arctic indigenous communities witnesses to ‘unprecedented challenge of climate change’
June 6, 2018
Surface temperatures in the Arctic are expected to remain above average this month and in […]
Sri Lanka Red Cross drone assesses monsoon disaster from the air
June 5, 2018
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) says it has now launched a recovery operation […]
Report: Business must gauge first-order impacts – heat, rain, drought, storms, sea levels – in new global drive for climate-related financial disclosure
May 31, 2018
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is today hosting a key London conference […]
Apps transforming rebuilding projects after typhoons in Viet Nam
May 25, 2018
(This story appeared first earlier this month on the UNDP Viet Nam website. Jenty Kirsch-Wood […]
Mining history (and the skies) for risk informationat fifth Global UR Forum
May 23, 2018
A new report by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) says the […]
‘We can’t engineer a way out of the Bangladesh camps’
May 17, 2018
(This story appeared first last month on the website of the Australian Red Cross. A […]
IFRC writes its page of climate ‘history’ for Talanoa Dialogue in Bonn
May 14, 2018
Governments last Thursday ended two weeks of talks in Bonn on operational guidelines for realizing the […]
Attribution scientists examining devastating Kenya rains for climate change fingerprints
May 11, 2018
With devastating seasonal rains in Kenya yesterday reported by the Kenya Red Cross (KRC) to […]