‘Everyone has a role to play in tackling the climate crisis. Words alone are not enough’
15 August 2024
Events
Heat action day 2024
National Societies worldwide (left, Honduras) marked global heat action day 2024 with a huge array of activities, centred on urban art as a platform for raising awareness of the dangers of the “silent killer” of climate change: extreme heat. The Climate Centre commissioned artists Andrew Rae and Ruskin Kyle to create images depicting the impact of heatwaves on urban areas.
The climate crisis is “turning up the heat around the world,” the IFRC said on social media for 2 June, while calling on officials and leaders particularly in cities to make proactive plans to #BeatTheHeat.
National Society heat story-book
Latest publications
NEW: Anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious diseases: Latin America regional assessment
Anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious diseases: East Africa regional assessment
The climate action journey
The importance of scaling up locally led adaptation
Climate funds and social protection: What is the progress to date?
Climate risk impacts on employment opportunities for youth in Pakistan
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.@WWAttribution today: #climatechange intensified rainfall associated w #typhooncarina (Gaemi) in W #Pacific last yr by up to 14%; pic, @philredcross aquatic rescue team wades thru floods to rescue residents in City of Valenzuela in NCR just N of #Manila - http://bit.ly/3z5ESCY
.@WMO: #ClimateCrisis presenting #Pacific island nations w 'triple whammy' of rising seas + their warming & acidification; March '23 file pic, @vanuaturedcross check on communities amid fears of increased leptospirosis after two back-to-back cyclones - http://bit.ly/4dH0g0t
Water is life but can also create conflict and tension within communities.
Although access to water is a human right, yet, 2.2 billion people do not have access to clean water.
World Water Week 2024, themed 'Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future,' was…
Brief
Climate action journey
The IFRC has now outlined the full seven-step climate action journey – summarized in English, French, Spanish and Arabic – that has been trialled by the National Societies of Malawi, Nigeria and Pakistan (photo) and encompasses climate-smart operations and, the end goal, locally led adaptation.
The first three steps were published in 2023 in A guide to climate-smart programmes (also in summary form); the last four – climate strategy, engagement with communities, locally-led adaptation, and implementation – are detailed now in a new brief, The importance of scaling up locally led adaptation, to be expanded later in 2024.
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