Initiatives

Red Cross Red Crescent (RC/RC) National Societies are at the forefront of responding to the climate crisis. Climate change is a cross-cutting issue with wide-reaching repercussions across all parts of society. Youth action is critical towards achieving impact, as young people are significant drivers...

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are actions to protect, sustainably manage or restore an ecosystem that address societal challenges, such as disaster risk, climate change, food security, water security or human health. IFRC is working in partnership with a range of organisations to increase understandi...

The IFRC Alert Hub Initiative aims to protect lives and livelihoods by increasing the use of the Common Alerting Protocol and expand the reach of reliable, fast, and actionable early warning messages to people at risk. Through the Alert Hub Initiative, the IFRC works with Red Cross Red Crescent Nati...

Committed to Advancing the Humanitarian Mission through Evidence and Learning. Access the Map What is this map for? This map is a collection of past and current research activities, studies, and academic papers that are supported by the members of the Research Consortium and captures some of the res...

The Asia Pacific Urban Community Resilience Hub coordinates and connects urban work across the region, enhancing knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer exchange within and beyond RCRC networks and platforms, and operationalize the existing urban learning with a strong orientation toward partnerships and...

The COVID-19 Resource Compendium is a joint effort between the IFRC and Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC), with support from throughout the RCRC Movement including reference centres, regional offices, national societies, ICRC, and others. This compendium offers a comprehensive, dynamic, and...

THE NORTH AMERICAN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE SUMMIT Cross-Border Catastrophic Disaster Response WHAT IS NAHRS: The North American Humanitarian Response Summit (NAHRS) represents a unique effort to improve the effectiveness of cross-border response to a potential catastrophic disaster in North America....

The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), is a standard business forum for emergency alerting. CAP, as it was designated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Recommendation X.1303, is broadly recognized internationally as the key standard for societies to achieve all-hazards, all media publi...