Fundamental Principles Brochure
This brochure provides an overview of the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It explains why we need the Fundamental Principles, how they came about and the challenges our Movementfaces in putting them into practice.
Office of Internal Audit and Investigations Annual Report 2021
The Office of Internal Audit and Investigations (OIAI) is the cornerstone of assurance arrangements in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). This annual report details the scope of activities, the schedule of work undertaken, and an overview of the risks and trends emerging from the OIAI’s work in 2021.
World Disasters Report 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the biggest disaster in living memory, on almost any measure. More than 6.5 million people are confirmed to have died in less than three years, and the pandemic’s indirect impacts have touched the lives of virtually every community on the planet.
Our World Disasters Report 2022 focuses on the coronavirus pandemic and preparedness: both the ways preparedness ahead of COVID-19 was inadequate, and how the world can prepare more effectively for future public health emergencies.
For the IFRC, preparedness encompasses preventing, responding to, and recovering from an emergency. Being truly prepared therefore means being ready to respond, to recover, and to learn lessons for next time. In other words, preparedness is an ongoing, continuous process.
We can save lives simply by being prepared. The next pandemic could be just around the corner: if the experience of COVID-19 won’t quicken our steps toward preparedness, what will?
This report is available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic below and in Russian here.You can also scroll down to download the executive summary or individual chapters in English.
Seven Moves: Protection, gender and inclusion in emergencies training - Facilitator manual
This Facilitator Manual presents the information needed to run the 2.5 day Seven Moves: Protection, Gender and Inclusion in Emergencies training course.
This manual contains the background to the training, sample agenda, detailed session outlines, tools and external resources and suggested variations that facilitators can use to contextualise or adapt the training based on the participants.
The participant manual for the course can be found here.
Click here to learn more about the IFRC's work in protection, gender and inclusion.
People Centred Early Warning Systems
This report by the IFRC and the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS) looks at National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (National Societies) on-going work linked to people-centred early warning systems, anticipatory action, and forecast-based financing (FbF) approaches.
It focuses on National Society initiatives in Nepal, Malawi and the Pacific and offers recommendations on the role other National Societies can play in early warning systems in their own contexts.
Building urban resilience: A guide for Red Cross an Red Crescent engagement and contribution
The guide shares key findings from a partnership between the IFRC and the Iranian Red Crescent which ran from 2013-2016. The partnership aimed to support National Society activities in disaster risk reduction and disaster management, helping them respond to urban risks and build urban resilience in their communities.
It includes:
A background to urban resilience, including recent developments in the sector
Definitions of urban areas and urban communities
Guidance on capacity-strengthening and raising awareness
Key programme considerations
Displacement in a Changing Climate
Millions of people around the world are displaced and moving in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change. This is only set to worsen as climate change increases the intensity and frequency of sudden- and slow-onset hazards. We, collectively, have a duty to address the humanitarian impacts of climate-related displacement. But we do not need to wait until communities are displaced, we can and must take action now to protect them.
This report presents a collection of case studies of how Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies worldwide are protecting and assisting communities in the context of climate-related displacement. And it calls for more ambitious climate action and investment in local communities and local organizations to address this urgent humanitarian challenge.
Find out more about our work supporting people on the moveand addressing the climate crisis.
Building urban resilience: A guide for Red Cross and Red Crescent engagement and contribution
Cities and urban areas provide important opportunities for the development of communities and nations. But risks caused by rapid and often improper urbanization, compounded by natural hazards, create some of the major challenges in the 21st Century.
This guide offers advice on how Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and our partners can best build urban resilience in light of increasing and changing urban risks.
Literature Review on Aligning Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
This literature review offers a comprehensive overview of existing knowledge on how to align climate change adaptation with disaster risk reduction efforts, primarily at a national and sub-national level.
Annual Report 2018
In 2018, the IFRC Network—190 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and their secretariat—was called on to respond to many new crises and record levels of humanitarian needs. More extreme climate-related events occurred than ever before and the consequences of complex protracted humanitarian crises were felt in all regions.
Annual Report 2019
The IFRC supported National Societies in 2019 to respond to crises, reduce vulnerability and work with communities so that they can live healthier and more dignified lives. 2019 saw people displaced by armed conflict, violence, and natural disasters. Food insecurity in East and Southern
Africa and Central America affected almost 42 million people, and locusts in the East and Horn of Africa threatened the food security and livelihoods of an estimated 22 million people.
2019 was also a year of achievements. The ability of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to support local communities in the face of staggering need shows that their work is more needed and relevant than ever. This was also the year that the IFRC welcomed two new members – the Bhutan Red Cross Society and the Marshall Islands Red Cross Society – as part of the network.
The IFRC’s goal is to support the humanitarian and development work of all 192 member National Societies. It works through five regional offices and 50 Country or Cluster offices around the world to support National Societies in their programming and organizational development. The IFRC supports National Societies to become more efficient, effective, trusted, and accountable, so that they can help local communities become more resilient.
Working With Nature to Protect People
This flagship report from the IFRC and WWF highlights how the power of nature to protect people is being overlooked. It shows how nature-based solutions can reduce the likelihood of climate change and weather-related events occurring. And how they can save lives by preventing exposure to these hazards and supporting vulnerable communities to adapt to and withstand the dangers of a warming world.
Key stats from the report:
Nature-based solutions could reduce the intensity of climate and weather-related hazards by 26%
Nature-based solutions could provide developing countries with valuable protection against the economic cost of climate change, saving at least US$104 billion in 2030 and US$ 393 billion in 2050
Over 3.3 billion people live in places that are highly vulnerable to climate change
From 2010 to 2019 alone, sudden-onset climate change and weather-related disasters killed more than 410,000 people
Scroll down to download the full report and executive summary.
Click here to learn more about the IFRC and WWF partnership