05 Dec 2015
Volunteers are central to the work of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and to supporting development initiatives in communities all over the world. In 2013 the IFRC commenced the largest and most thorough review of our volunteering ever undertaken. T...
Tags: Report
18 Oct 2013
This report examines the relationship between disasters and poverty. It concludes that, without concerted action, there could be up to 325 million extremely poor people living in the 49 countries most exposed to the full range of natural hazards...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought, Flood
30 May 2014
The African continent is currently in the midst of simultaneously unfolding and highly significant demographic, economic, technological, environmental, urban and socio-political transitions. Africa’s economic performance is promising, with booming ...
Tags: Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Risk Reduction