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RISE Project Progress Report: Strengthening Community Resilience and Disaster Preparedness in Türkiye (June 2025 – June 2026)

Summary This report presents the progress achieved under the Resilient Institutions and Societies for Emergencies (RISE) Project between June 2025 and June 2026. Implemented by the Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) with support from the German Red Cross (GRC), the project aims to strengthen institutional preparedness, community resilience, and disaster risk reduction capacities across six provinces […]

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Community members in Bangladesh take part in a disaster preparedness drill, carrying the Bangladesh Red Crescent and national flags through a flooded area. The exercise highlights the role of anticipatory action and pre-financing in enabling swift early response to coastal hazards.

Préfinancement de l’Action anticipée: Guide pratique pour les Sociétés nationales

L’action anticipée se développe rapidement et s’intègre progressivement dans les pratiques du Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge. À mesure que les Sociétés nationales élaborent davantage de Protocoles d’action précoce (PAP) et renforcent leurs programmes d’action anticipée, l’élaboration d’une stratégie de préfinancement est essentielle pour garantir une mise en œuvre rapide et efficace.

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Community members in Bangladesh take part in a disaster preparedness drill, carrying the Bangladesh Red Crescent and national flags through a flooded area. The exercise highlights the role of anticipatory action and pre-financing in enabling swift early response to coastal hazards.

Prefinanciación de la Acción Anticipatoria: Guía práctica para las sociedades nacionales

La acción anticipatoria está creciendo y consolidándose como un enfoque transversal en todo el Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja. A medida que las Sociedades Nacionales desarrollan más Protocolos de Acción Temprana (PAT) y amplían sus programas de acción anticipatoria, contar con una estrategia de prefinanciación para la acción

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Illustration of a Sudanese courtyard under a bright sun, showing mud-brick walls with small high windows, a shaded structure (Al-Rakoba) with a palm-frond roof, a clay water pot, a traditional woven bed, a hanging food-storage basket, a shade tree, and people gathering and walking through the space.

Amidst the Heat and Breeze: A Documentation of Traditional Cooling Practices in Sudanese Houses

This illustrated booklet documents the enduring wisdom of traditional Sudanese homes and the indigenous, low-cost techniques communities have long used to stay cool during extreme heat. Developed as a collaborative effort between the Sudan Urban Development Think Tank (SUDTT), the Sudan Meteorological Authority (SMA), and Resurgence under the DARAJA project, the publication was created in

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Heat Threshold Reports: Honduras and Tanzania

Effective heat early warning systems depend on knowing what “extreme” actually means in a given place, and that definition varies significantly by local climate, population acclimatization, and urban context. This page brings together two technical reports produced by the IFRC Climate Centre that develop locally calibrated heat thresholds for cities in Honduras and Tanzania, providing

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Community Heat Risk Perception Studies: Honduras, Indonesia, and Tanzania

This collection brings together four community-level research studies examining how urban populations perceive, experience, and respond to extreme heat. Published in late 2025, the studies were conducted as part of the Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) — a joint initiative supported by National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the American

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The macroeconomic case for investing in climate adaptation

This report from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE) provides a groundbreaking new synthesis of the economic and fiscal risks arising from physical climate change and the economic case for investing in adaptation to climate impacts. The report combines the results of nearly 300

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Learning from Crises: Responding to droughts

This lessons paper distills 17 top-level lessons from humanitarian responses to droughts between 2012 and 2024. The lessons highlight areas of strong convergence on what humanitarian actors should prioritise when anticipating, responding to and supporting recovery from drought. Key lessons include strengthening coordination, leveraging early warning systems, and investing in sustainable water management. Proactive, multi-sectoral

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“Migrants Expect the Red Cross to be there”: Exploring Red Cross and Red Crescent continuity of care along migration routes

This report outlines findings from research commissioned by the The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) exploring opportunities to support continuity of care along migration routes. The term “continuity of care” refers to consistent and connected assistance at different stages, and at different locations, along migration journeys. This was understood as applying to National Society programmes

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