This study evaluates the effectiveness of early warning systems in Timor-Leste, based on 909 household surveys and 27 focus group discussions across eight municipalities and key informant interviews...
The Republic of Palau is highly exposed to climate-induced hazards such as tropical cyclones, storm surges, and heavy rainfall, which regularly cause flooding, damage to infrastructure, and...
PRÓLOGO Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, fue el escenario donde más de 300 participantes de manera presencial y más de 250 de forma virtual se reunieron el 28 y 29 de noviembre del 2024 para celebrar...
Burkina Faso + 2 more
INTRODUCTION The health impacts of climate change are happening now. This report tells the stories of communities in three countries across Africa. Burkina Faso, Malawi and Somalia were chosen...
Climate change made the very extreme rainfall that caused destructive floods in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in late April and early May twice as likely, according to the latest rapid...
A look at global extreme heat over the past 12 months, how climate change has influenced this heat, and strategies to prevent increasingly frequent and intense heat from claiming lives worldwide ...
Extreme rainfall events and flooding are devastating hazards in Burundi. Rain falls on the country’s densely populated hills and in the Lake Tanganyika basin, leading to flooding that causes loss of...
This paper delves into the evolving landscape of climate finance for social protection. It gives an overview of current social protection spending, financing and coverage gaps across the world, and...
PREFACE Twenty-twenty-two will be remembered by the humanitarian community and history, above all, as the year the conflict in Ukraine began. In some ways, the reappearance of conventional war...
KEY FINDINGS Health: There is a clear distinction in the impact of flood on people’s health and properties between the control and intervention group. 83% said they have no effect on their health in...
1. Introduction Since 2020, the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) has been working with the Local Government Authorities (LGAs) to develop a Forecast based Action (FbA) mechanism to act in anticipation...
World + 34 more
The Anticipation Hub launched a new report this week that captures, for the first time, the scale of anticipatory action worldwide. The report, Anticipatory Action in 2022: A Global Overview, shows...
By the Climate Centre Heavy seasonal rainfall since mid-March has caused flooding in many of Yemen’s governorates, affecting more than 13,000 families in internally displaced camps, the country’s Red...
Issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross, International Council of Voluntary Agencies, MercyCorps, ODI, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, United Nations High Commissioner for...
Heatwaves demand a response that is locally grounded, that acts quickly on the basis of data and analysis, and that works in partnerships with local governments, civil society and development actors.
Executive Summary The research study on understanding community-based Early Warning Early Action on the island of Tuvalu was conducted from December 2021 to March 2022. The study relied on...
Executive Summary The research study on understanding community-based Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) on the island of Palau was conducted from December 2021 to March 2022, with a focus on...
PREFACE Last year cutting edge science joined forces with public policy to roll back, if not defeat, a clear global threat. It was not climate change. The advent of vaccines enabled many societies in...
Lessons from the Red Cross’ Forecast-based Action and Shock Responsive Social Protection project, Nepal As part of the Directorate-General European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations...
This case study documents implementation of a Shock Responsive Social Protection in Nepal in action, implemented by the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), with support from the Danish Red Cross (DRC)...
