Forced to flee in a changing climate—Executive Summary
This executive summary of the IFRC report, ‘Forced to Flee in a Changing Climate’, provides an overview of the report's key findings. The summary highlights concrete ways National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies — and others in impacted communities — are helping people prepare and adapt to climate change, so they can stay safe in their homes or move safely and with dignity on their own terms. The report features 30 case studies from 15 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Africa that are already working across mutiple areas—identifying and reducing risks and promoting adaptation, preparing and acting early to reduce needs, providing assistance and protection, and promoting resilient recovery—to help communites adapt to a changing climate.