Lionel Messi and other celebrities back “Our world. Your move.” campaign

Educate and inform yourself about climate change
Editor’s note: Maarten van Aalst is the Associate Director and Lead Climate Specialist from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. Community analysis to address rising risks in the slums of Jakarta. Photo credit: Elike van Sluis, Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre Climate change is clearly one of the major global challenges of our time. News

Road to Copenhagen: What can you do? Make your move!
Only one more week. World leaders are getting ready for the UN COP 15 Climate Conference that will start next Monday in Copenhagen. One week left? Just enough time to think about what you can do and to make your move. Just like Eric Tiénou who raised $3,700 for flood relief in his home country Burkina Faso – by cycling. Eric Tiénou combines cycling, social networki

International Red Cross Red Crescent meetings conclude in Nairobi
After a week of meetings, discussions and workshops, the Red Cro

Faces of the Tsunami: Cut Ummi Kalsum
Editor’s note: Every week leading up to the 5-year, 26 December anniversary of the tsunami disaster, we will share a snapshot of life almost five years after the cataclysmic event. Cut Ummi Kalsum, Indonesia, June 2009. Photo credit: Daniel Cima/American Red Cross (p-IDN1383) Almost five years since the tsunami disaster, the Red Cross Red Crescent has helped hundreds of thousands of survivors

Education and a video on climate change from Mphunga village, Malawi
Education and information about climate change play an important role in the village of Mphunga, in Malawi. The Malawian Red Cross Society, supported by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and the Malawi Meteorological Service, have been working with Mphunga village, delivering simple information about climate change and the need for adaptation. As a result the program has pushed villagers to take real action. They began adapting their activities in simple ways such as substituting maize crops with rice and replacing chicken with duck stock, as ducks float and chicken drown. The villagers produced a participatory video to share, through video screenings workshops, the