Practitioner Community

Early Warning Systems

The IFRC Alert Hub Initiative Spurs Innovation for Effective Emergency Alerting

Leave a Comment /

An amazing surge of innovations in emergency alerting is happening now to ensure accurate and actionable emergency alerts reach communities around the world. New communications technology and international standards have tremendously improved all-media and all-hazard public warnings that can save lives and livelihoods.   As part of its long-standing ambitions to ensure that ‘last mile’ […]

The IFRC Alert Hub Initiative Spurs Innovation for Effective Emergency Alerting Read More »

Berkeley Disaster Lab Academics Mobilize AI Solutions to Confront Climate Change Disruptions.

“Sixty percent of the twenty-five countries most affected by climate change are affected by conflicts and wars. Climate hazard adaptation is lacking in the humanitarian landscape*.” Patrick Youssef, Regional Director, Africa, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).   Navigating uncertainty and ambiguity.   Humanitarian Assistance is facing new pressures and disruptions from the triple

Berkeley Disaster Lab Academics Mobilize AI Solutions to Confront Climate Change Disruptions. Read More »

RCRC CAP Workshop_Introducing Public Awareness Public Education Messages (PAPE)

Presentation to introduce PAPE; presented at the RCRC CAP workshop, Oct. 7, 2021 This presentation introduces the importance of pairing emergency alerts with actionable, clear, and community-trusted guidance through Public Awareness and Public Education (PAPE) key messages. It highlights a common challenge in warning systems: alerts are often disseminated without practical “what to do” instructions,

RCRC CAP Workshop_Introducing Public Awareness Public Education Messages (PAPE) Read More »

Connected: How Albania’s new Emergency Operation Centre enables effective disaster risk management

As auxiliaries to national governments and as trusted partners, Red Cross National Societies around the world are involved in many disaster management initiatives. The Albanian Red Cross is actively pursuing the opportunities emerging from this position to connect our flood resilience work to other initiatives for wider reach and bigger impact. The Albanian Red Cross’

Connected: How Albania’s new Emergency Operation Centre enables effective disaster risk management Read More »

1st Asia Pacific Regional Heatwave Meeting: Key Recommendations and Call to Action

1st Asia Pacific Regional Heatwave Meeting : a collective success of policy, praxis, research, and humanitarian leadership Heatwaves, or silent disasters, are increasingly common and can seriously affect human health, well-being, and livelihood. In the past decade severe heatwaves have claimed numerous lives in Asia Pacific. Heatwave exposure will continue to increase, even in countries

1st Asia Pacific Regional Heatwave Meeting: Key Recommendations and Call to Action Read More »

Anticipatory Humanitarian Assistance in the Urban Context

  Last year’s 2019 Global Dialogue Platform showcased dynamic urban anticipatory action achievements, learning and exchange. Building on this achievement, the German Red Cross (GRC) together with National Societies and key partners have continued expanding upon this emerging topic, exploring how cities function and how to advance anticipatory action in urban contexts. This year the

Anticipatory Humanitarian Assistance in the Urban Context Read More »

Start typing and press enter to search

Scroll to Top