The changing climate is threatening urban and rural Malawi. High school students collaborated with the Malawi Red Cross, and Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre intern Mehdi Comeau to make this video to raise awareness about what is happening, and what we can do about it. More information: http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/cl… & http://www.climatecentre.org
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This short film captures the key messages and debates emerging from the first Southern Africa Adaptation Colloquium, held in November 2013 and co-hosted by Mistra Urban Futures Cape Town platform’s Climate Change Think Tank, a partnership within the Knowledge Transfer Programme. Members of the partnership include The University of Cape Town’s African Climate and Development
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In Africa, millions will suffer from climate change impacts on agriculture, water availability, ecosystem services and biodiversity. It’s urgent for countries in the region to take action to reduce vulnerability and enhance local communities’ capacity to adapt. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (or IUCN) has been working with three countries to do just that.
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The Malawian Red Cross Society, supported by the RC/RC Climate Centre and the Malawi Meteorological Service, have been working with Mphunga village, delivering simple information about climate change and the need for adaptation. As a result the program has pushed villagers to take real action. They began adapting their activities in simple ways such as
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Climate change is felt acutely in the Sahel region, where the population is largely dependant on agriculture and livestock. The 3-4 months of summer rains are vital to survival. If these alter, food shortages and disasters can follow. This film, developed by Christian Aid together with the “Centre Ecologique Albert Schweizer”, the “Office de Développement
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The British Red Cross uses mobile cinema to tackle cholera in Sierra Leone. It may not have the same glamour as Hollywood, but through the power of film the British Red Cross is tackling the deadly cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone.
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Thousands of people have died in Liberia as a result of the Ebola outbreak which began in March 2014. Members of a Liberian Red Cross monitor relatives and neighbours of Ebola victims. Background The Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which is often fatal if untreated. Ebola virus disease (EVD) first appeared in 1976
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This report summarizes an 18-month, evidence-based study that sought to understand practitioner information needs by asking the question: What are successful Red Cross/Red Crescent (RCRC) preparedness practitioners already doing that works, and how can the organization better support their information needs in what they are already doing? A research team from the University of Washington conducted
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While South Africa is subject to a wide variety of natural and human-induced hazards, the three that occur most frequently – floods, droughts and fires – are all associated with water, its excess or its lack. South Africa is a water-stressed country and lack of sufficient water is the most significant resource constraint on development. Climate change projections over
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From 2010 – 2011 the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), with support from the American Red Cross (ARC), implemented a disaster risk reduction project (DRR) in the Teso sub-region of Eastern Uganda. Known informally as the “Katakwi DRR Project”, this project was implemented in six parishes across two sub-counties. The goal of this project was to help
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