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This year Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies are dealing with the dual risks of COVID-19 and extreme heat, amongst many other compound disasters. For many staff and volunteers, the heat...

*(Vietnam's recent struggle against a back-to-back series of deadly floods and storms can be tracked through four press releases issued by the IFRC in Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur and Geneva last month.)*...

By Catalina Jaime, Climate Centre, London At last week's 6th International Climate Adaptation Conference, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the IFRC (Climate Centre) jointly hosted a virtual session...

New York, Geneva, 23 September 2020 – New analysis published today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre reveals...

The IFRC late last month raised the maximum grant for forecast-based action within the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) mechanism from 250,000 to 350,000 Swiss francs. Secretary General Jagan...

Without determined and ambitious action on climate, 200 million people a year could need international humanitarian assistance because of climate-related disasters and the socioeconomic impact of...

New research will make it easier to predict the path of some of the world’s most powerful storms, helping communities protect themselves from flooding, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)...

Further progress has been made in discussions involving Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs, several other ministries and government agencies, Partners for...

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock has welcomed the forecast-based action that recently enabled several UN agencies to undertake anticipatory interventions for the monsoon floods in Bangladesh...

Last month's eruption of the Sangay volcano in Ecuador provided Red Cross volunteers with an opportunity to test their improvised equipment for measuring ash fall. The Ecuador Red Cross (ERC) is the...