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Preparedness for winter weather and response by National Societies in Europe and Central Asia

Global Disaster Preparedness Center 13 Jan 2025
This briefing note outlines common winter weather hazards experienced across Europe and Central Asia, and the ways in which National Societies are pre...

Cities and climate resilience: reflections from the World Urban Forum 2024

Avatar photo Cale Johnstone 27 Nov 2024
Following the conclusion of COP29 this week, a critical area of discussion in climate mitigation and adaptation is the role of the urban context. Whil...

Dominica Building Resilience Through Community Early Warning Systems

Sarita Maurya 04 Sep 2024
Setting the Scene ​​​​​Dominica is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, the impacts of which have already been experienced wh...

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Sustainable land management to protect communities in Honduras from landslides
Avatar photo Nesrine Aouinti 18 May 2022
Hazard: Landslides caused by land degradation and extreme events. Solution: Sustainable land management High-level results: Sustainable reduction of l...
The IFRC Alert Hub Initiative Spurs Innovation for Effective Emergency Alerting
Avatar photo Celine Erickson 29 Apr 2022
An amazing surge of innovations in emergency alerting is happening now to ensure accurate and actionable emergency alerts reach communities around the...
Small Grants: Big Youth Urban Climate Action and Resilience
Avatar photo Maja Vahlberg 13 Apr 2022
As the world’s most disaster-prone region, people in the Asia-Pacific are four times more likely to be affected by weather-related disasters than in...
Berkeley Disaster Lab Academics Mobilize AI Solutions to Confront Climate Change Disruptions.
Avatar photo Celine Erickson 09 Apr 2022
“Sixty percent of the twenty-five countries most affected by climate change are affected by conflicts and wars. Climate hazard adaptation is lacking...
National Society Preparedness: COVID-19 Success Stories
Avatar photo Nesrine Aouinti 25 Mar 2022
This document is originally posted on the IFRC official website on March 17,2022 here. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Soci...
Nepal’s Municipal Disaster Risk Governance Assessment Tool: a case study on strengthening disaster risk management
Zurich Flood Alliance Jonathan Ulrich 27 Jan 2022
Nepal Red Cross Society volunteers and local people strengthen a breached embankment to prevent floodwater from entering their settlement. Photo by Ne...
Climate change and community flood resilience in Tabasco, Mexico
Zurich Flood Alliance Jonathan Ulrich 13 Dec 2021
For the past two years, the Mexican Red Cross and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre have collaborated closely at the intersection of climate c...
Bringing the Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Community and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) together.
Avatar photo Celine Erickson 12 Nov 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are rapidly changing the world as we know it. Digital technology is transforming the deployment...
Congratulations to the 2nd Small Grants Winners: Nepal, Vanuatu, Lao PDR and Bangladesh Red Cross Red Crescent!
Avatar photo Lucy Price 13 Oct 2021
The Asia Pacific Urban Community Resilience Hub is pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd Urban Community Resilience Small Grant Initiative: Nep...
Connected: How Albania’s new Emergency Operation Centre enables effective disaster risk management
Zurich Flood Alliance Jonathan Ulrich 28 Sep 2021
As auxiliaries to national governments and as trusted partners, Red Cross National Societies around the world are involved in many disaster management...
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