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Urban Ready Standards for Red Cross Red Crescent Branches

23 Nov 2025
Introduction Urban areas present unique challenges and opportunities for humanitarian organizations. The Urban Ready Standards for Red Cross Red Crescent Branches provide a comprehensive set of standards to help National Society branches assess and e...
Guidance material, Business Preparedness, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Resilience

How to foster resilience via social entrepreneurship

06 Nov 2025
  National Society Development, as an enabler of local action, purposefully contributes to helping the National Society achieve and maintain an accountable andsustainable organisation that delivers – through volunteers and staff – relevant l...
Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Case Study

When Form Follows Nature: Presence, Climate, and the Ethics of Space

01 Oct 2025
Form follows nature. Not as slogan. As method. In an age of climate emergency, urban intensification, and sensory saturation, this principle becomes resistance. It invites us to pause—not to impose geometry, but to observe ecology. To trace the shi...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation, Heat Wave, Nature-based solutions, Urban Resilience

Enhancing Community Resilience to Climate Risks in Madrid and Valencia

09 Sep 2025
Since 2023, Spanish Red Cross has led the Urban Climate Resilience Program (UCRP) in Madrid and Valencia, working with communities most affected by extreme heat and floods. As extreme weather grows more frequent and severe, the program supports peopl...
Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Flood, Heat Wave, Public Awareness and Public Education, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience

Strengthening Climate Resilience in Vulnerable Communities in Western Sydney

09 Sep 2025
Since 2023, Australian Red Cross has led the Urban Climate Resilience Program (UCRP) in Western Sydney, working with communities most affected by extreme heat. As extreme weather grows more frequent and severe, the program supports people and cities ...
Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Heat Wave, Public Awareness and Public Education, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience

Heat Action Day 2025 Project Book

01 Jul 2025
The Heat Action Day 2025 Project Book showcases photos and stories of creative activities, campaigns, and community actions from around the world aimed at raising awareness and building resilience to extreme heat. From educational workshops and tree ...
Climate Change Adaptation, Public Awareness and Public Education, Urban Resilience
Other type of resource

Call for Consultancy: Urban Heat Action Plan Evaluation

06 May 2025
Increasing heat risks combined with rapid urbanization trends, especially in Africa and Southeast Asia, and aging population trends, for example in Europe, result in a need to scale action to prevent impacts on lives, health, and wellbeing. Recognizi...
Other type of resource, Urban Resilience
Other type of resource

Call for Consultancy: Curating Urban Resilience Processes and Tools

06 May 2025
The International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent (IFRC) has started implementation of a five-year (2022-2027) Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) in Collaboration with the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) ...
Other type of resource, Urban Resilience
Research

Evaluating Nature-based Solutions as urban resilience and climate adaptation tools: A meta-analysis of their benefits on heatwaves and floods

21 Jan 2025
Extreme weather events driven by climate change threaten the resilience of urban structures and urban dwellers. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are an effective tool to reduce urban vulnerability to climate risks and, at the same time, develop more live...
Research, Climate Change Adaptation, Nature-based solutions, Urban Resilience
Awareness material, Briefs and Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP)

11 Dec 2024
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...
Awareness material, Briefs and Fact Sheets, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Engagement and Accountability, Flood, Heat Wave, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience

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