Aynur Kadihasanoglu
aynur.kadihasanoglu@redcross.org
Geneva,
I work at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center and the American Red Cross, Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) as the Senior Urban Specialist. Focus of my work is strengthening local capacities through close collaboration with global partners and field teams and developing innovative approaches, tools and methodologies aimed at scaling up impact in urban settings. Some examples of work include starting and leading the Urban Collaboration Platform of IFRC (2015-21), leading the Coastal Cities and Coalition Program (2017-21) and managing the Extreme Heat Small grants program of the GDPC and CC (2022). My motivation is to use my educational background in city and regional planning, combined with earlier work in the development arena with the UN and the World Bank to help RCRC National Societies be confident and skilled in understanding and taking action against the compounding risks that the urban communities are facing.
Awareness material, Briefs and Fact Sheets
The Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) Fact Sheet outlines the progress and objectives of this initiative led by the IFRC with funding from USAID/BHA and technical support from the American Red Cross and the RCRC Climate...
Case Study, Guidance material, Report
Coastal Cities and Extreme Heat Project (CoCHAP): Learning Product #1 – Co-Designing Solutions for Urban Resilience This learning product from the CoCHAP project provides an overview of the co-design process for developing solutions to risks an...
Report
Cities as Hubs for Climate Action Cities are both the victims of climate change and among its worst offenders: though disproportionately exposed to its impacts, they are also responsible for generating a significant share of global greenhouse gas emi...
As a follow-up to the implementation of the communication strategy, a knowledge fair was held with a focus on climate change and heat waves. This is an educational and participatory event designed to raise community awareness of global and loc...
Heat Action Day 2024 On Sunday, June 2, 2024 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, cities, and organizations from around the world participated in a global day of Heat Action in public spaces around the world to raise awareness of heat risks and simp...
Coastal cities, communities and climate change: Charting a resilient course Coastal Cities Dialog (CCD), organised with support from the IFRC, RCRC Climate Centre and ICLEI (a leading network of cities). CCD took place as part of the ICLEI World Cong...
Coastal Hazards in Cities Fact Sheet #1 Flooding 2024.06.04 Coastal Hazards in Cities Fact Sheet #2 Tropical Storms 2024.06.04 Coastal Hazards in Cities Fact Sheet #3 Landslides 2024.06.04
This is a summary of the recent report issued by the World Bank. You can download the full report here. Why coastal cities in low- and middle-income countries are facing greater threats from the climate change: Climate change is exposing cities to in...
Introduction One of the premises of CoCHAP is to build a foundation of practice and knowledge which can be learned from and scaled in regard to building resilience to extreme heat and coastal hazards in secondary cities. The Project has indicators an...