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Overview of the 2024 CAP Implementation Workshop and Training

The 2024 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop and Training took place from October 22–24 in Leuven, Belgium, bringing together over 800 participants from 142 countries and territories. This event, hosted by TISA, USAID, NOAA, and Alert-Hub.Org CIC, with co-sponsorship from IAEM and OASIS, provided a platform for experts to share knowledge on advancing emergency […]

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Navigating Fragility, Conflict and Violence to strengthen community resilience: A handbook for DRR practitioners

Communities in settings of fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) are disproportionately affected by disasters, as their resilience, disaster risk management and coping capacities are weakened. Effective and sustainable disaster risk reduction (DRR) in these settings is pivotal to save lives and ensure we leave no one behind amidst political and social turmoil and insecurity. But

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Climate & YOUth Summit 2024 — The role of youth in climate action

About The Event In December of 2024 we hosted the 4th virtual Climate & YOUth Summit. The online Climate & YOUth Summit 2024, organized by the RCRC Climate Centre, IFRC, American Red Cross, in partnership with the Norwegian Red Cross and the Big Six Youth Organizations Global Youth Mobilization initiative, brought together young leaders from

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DRR in FCV Contexts: Capacity Building and Training Materials

Skill up! Technical skills, soft skills and skills from other areas are necessary to successfully implement DRR in fragile, conflict and violence affected contexts. Some of the capacity building needs can be addressed with these e-learning courses at the IFRC platform: Applying the Fundamental Principles in Conflict Situations Basic Introduction to IHL / Introduction to

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DRR in FCV Contexts: Tool Repository

The DRR Practitioner Handbook “Navigating fragility, conflict and violence to strengthen community resilience” consolidates practical tools and resources to support DRR programming in FCV contexts. The tool repository offers a comprehensive collection to serve as a reference to contextualize and support current and future programming. If you have additional resources or tools that have proven

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Collaborating with national climate and weather agencies: a guide to getting started

Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies can benefit from establishing direct collaboration with the national agencies responsible for providing meteorological and hydrological services – here is a description of how to proceed, and some do’s and don’ts. Climate change is requiring Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies to integrate considerations about increasing risks and

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Meausuring resilience in Beira and Buzi: collection of endline study results from Mozambique

With the aim of strengthening community resilience and reducing the impact of floods, the Mozambique Red Cross, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), formed part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (the Alliance). Between 2021 and 2024, the Mozambique Red Cross implemented the Flood Resilience Program targeting vulnerable

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Why early warnings are not leading to early action?

The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as floods and landslides are increasing due to climate change. More accurate information is available from scientific sources, including through meteorological agencies, on weather events and potential future hazards. This information is vital for early warning systems, which are effective ways to protect people, livelihoods and

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