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 because they are among the African countries most vulnerable to climate change (NDGAIN, 2024). All three countries have recently experienced climate-health events, including heatwaves, cholera outbreaks and […]
The Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) Fact Sheet outlines the progress and objectives of this initiative led by the IFRC with funding from USAID/BHA and technical support from the American Red Cross and the RCRC Climate Centre. CoCHAP focuses on building climate resilience in urban communities in nine secondary cities across
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From Informality to Impact – The Untapped Potential of Scaling Urban Resilience Innovation in Informality Policy and Investment Briefing Note 9 November 2024 Currently only 1.2% of urban climate investments flow to climate change adaptation and resilience solutions. Increasing investment flows requires diversifying and strengthening the solution pipeline across different models – for-profit, not-for-profit, private-sector-led and private–public partnerships,
Effective emergency preparedness for flooding and drought: A guide for cities Implementation Guides – October 2024 DARAJA Case Study, pp. 25-26 Climate-related hazards are growing in intensity and frequency, causing significant loss and damage in cities around the world. Successful emergency preparedness, including the use of early warning systems, is critical to enabling cities and
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Urban planning at the heart of increasingly severe East African flood impacts in a warming world 23 May, 2024 DARAJA / Resurgence mention on pp.18-19 of the Full Study. The 2024 long rains in East Africa were exceptionally heavy towards the end of March and throughout April into May, causing severe flooding in Kenya, Tanzania,
Coastal Cities and Extreme Heat Project (CoCHAP): Learning Product #1 – Co-Designing Solutions for Urban Resilience This learning product from the CoCHAP project provides an overview of the co-design process for developing solutions to risks and challenges identified through city-wide risk assessments in Tanzania and Honduras. It details the key steps and processes of the
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Compounded by climate change, Malawi has been a victim of repetitive hydro-meteorological disasters, notably floods and droughts, triggering widespread destruction and health risks in the country. Dry spells have caused multiple seasons of crop failure, and storms, cyclones and extreme rain have caused intense flooding in 2015, 2019, twice in 2022, and most recently after
Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) and Danish Red Cross (DRC) conducted a comparative study to assess whether previous AA programming increases the chances of hearing, believing, and acting upon early warnings. The study was conducted in response to Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which struck Southern Malawi in March 2023. The study finds that living in areas
Ce guide méthodologique a été élaboré et conçu afin d’accompagner les praticiens du Mouvement de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge – plus spécifiquement les chefs et coordinateurs de projets et les volontaires – qui travaillent dans le domaine de la Réduction des Risques de Catastrophes (RRC) dans les Petits États Insulaires en Développement (PEID). Le
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À propos de la Boîte à Outils Cette boîte à outils a été préparée conjointement avec les équipes de la PIROI (La Réunion/Mayotte), le pôle de la Direction des Relations et Opérations Internationales de la Croix-Rouge française, la Croix-Rouge Allemande basée à Madagascar, et les Sociétés nationales des Comores, de Maurice, des Seychelles, de Madagascar,
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