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Pacific: Urgent call for collective action to reduce the impact of climate change and disasters

Pacific: Urgent call for collective action to reduce the impact of climate change and disasters

| Press release

IFRC Secretary General on the year ahead: "Hope in the midst of hopelessness"

IFRC Secretary General on the year ahead: "Hope in the midst of hopelessness"

| Article

Last year ‘eighth in a row’ of temperatures above pre-industrial level, threatening Paris target of 1.5°C

Last year ‘eighth in a row’ of temperatures above pre-industrial level, threatening Paris target of 1.5°C

| Article

COP27: Now is the time to transform words into action

COP27: Now is the time to transform words into action

| Press release

COP27: Negotiations are missing the ambition needed to protect those hardest hit by climate change, warns IFRC

COP27: Negotiations are missing the ambition needed to protect those hardest hit by climate change, warns IFRC

| Press release

IFRC launches Global Climate Resilience Platform to support 500 million people on climate crisis frontlines

IFRC launches Global Climate Resilience Platform to support 500 million people on climate crisis frontlines

| Press release

IFRC Secretary General speech at the Early Warnings for All Executive Action Plan launch

IFRC Secretary General speech at the Early Warnings for All Executive Action Plan launch

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COP27: The world cannot afford another set of vague promises, warns IFRC

COP27: The world cannot afford another set of vague promises, warns IFRC

| Press release

Heatwaves account for some of the deadliest disasters and are intensifying, warn the IFRC and the UN humanitarian relief agency ahead of COP27

Heatwaves account for some of the deadliest disasters and are intensifying, warn the IFRC and the UN humanitarian relief agency ahead of COP27

| Press release

Climate adaptation: IFRC Secretary General statement at the UN Early Warning Initiative to Implement Climate Adaptation

Climate adaptation: IFRC Secretary General statement at the UN Early Warning Initiative to Implement Climate Adaptation

| Speech

IFRC and United Nations ESCAP partner to strengthen resilience in the world of climate change

IFRC and United Nations ESCAP partner to strengthen resilience in the world of climate change

| Press release

Confronting the environmental causes of Africa’s food crisis

Confronting the environmental causes of Africa’s food crisis

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