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This leaflet provides a review of the accomplishments and remaining tasks of the Pledge Project, which was born in 2007 when the Netherlands government and Red Cross jointly pledged to help a pilot group of National Societies adapt their efforts to reduce disaster-risk to the ever-rising hazards of climate change. Published in 2009.

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Disaster Preparedness for Climate change in Nicaragua

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In Nicaragua, a pilot climate change and disaster risk reduction initiative, supported by the Netherlands Red Cross through the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, aims at strengthening the Nicaraguan Red Cross’s capacity to carry out local-level activities related to risk reduction and to respond to extreme weather events. The pilot project was carried out

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Drought in El Salvador: response and mitigation

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In mid-September 2001, the International Federation launched an appeal which emphasised the need to develop short, medium and long-term strategies to reverse the effects of drought in El Salvador. The Spanish Red Cross, the Salvadorean Red Cross Society and the Regional Delegation discussed various forms of action, resulting in a single Drought Response and Mitigation

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Disasters needn’t be disastrous – African communities can adapt to climate extremes

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‘Early Warning Early Action’ that encompasses scientific advances from climate research and experience with risk reduction now offers the best hope of making humanitarian action in Africa more timely and effective, says the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. Local disaster managers’ awareness that National Societies will increasingly be confronted with the impacts of climate

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Bridging the gap: Integrating climate change and disaster risk reduction

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The climate is changing and communities in some countries are already feeling the heat. Climate information in the form of trends and forecasts, combined with tried and tested disaster risk reduction measures, can help anticipate disasters before they happen and enable communities to prepare for and cope with them. Fundamental to this approach is strengthening

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Linking hunger and climate change

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This leaflet presents key messages and facts on hunger in the context of World Food Day in 2010. It also describes the links between hunger and climate change and risks for food security in a changing climate. Finally, the leaflet details what National Societies can do in the face of this reality. Published in 2010.

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Helping People to Cope with Changing Climates

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Trincomalee district in eastern Sri Lanka was severely affected by the tsunami of 2004. Several years later, most people directly affected by the tsunami have been resettled. Yet many of them continue to face problems, one of which is a climate that is increasingly variable and extreme. Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Community Based

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IFRC Plan of Action: Climate Change 2013-2016

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While the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent (IFRC) is already addressing risks brought by climate change, it can do more and better through a more systematic and coordinated integration of climate change issues into its programmes, policies and operations. The IFRC Plan of Action aims to provide a clear vision on the

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Preparing for Climate Change in Viet Nam

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Viet Nam has always suffered from extreme weather events. Because of climate change, it is likely that droughts will occur more often, and that tropical cyclones will also become more intense. In 2003, the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRCS) became one of the first National Red Cross Red Crescent Societies to integrate climate change into

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Climate Change Adaptation

Communicating and Preparing Rural Communities- The Case of Enlaza Mexico

Climate-informed reduction of disaster risk

Disaster Preparedness for Climate change in Nicaragua

Drought in El Salvador: response and mitigation

Disasters needn’t be disastrous – African communities can adapt to climate extremes

Bridging the gap: Integrating climate change and disaster risk reduction

Linking hunger and climate change

Helping People to Cope with Changing Climates

IFRC Plan of Action: Climate Change 2013-2016

Preparing for Climate Change in Viet Nam

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