Hot weather doesn't make a heatwave 🌡️
When heat doesn't let up over consecutive days *and nights*, that's when the impacts are far greater.
On this Heat Action Day, let's ensure that everyone, everywhere, is informed about the risks that heatwaves pose, and aware of what they can do to stay safe.
Are you at the SB64 climate negotiations in Bonn this week?
Join this fantastic panel of speakers to explore pathways for scaling locally led adaptation and embedding it across sectors, policies, climate finance and international climate negotiations.
More details: zcralliance.org/events/bonn-...
This week, teams from across the world are coming together for the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance Learning Event!
A great opportunity to share knowledge, strengthen partnerships and plan for the future. Keep an eye out for updates throughout the week.
Next up in our Action to Impact blog series, Mercy Corps’ Sanjit Shrestha explains how replication of a budget-tracking methodology developed by Mercy Corps is delivering climate resilience at scale in Nepal.
Read more: zcralliance.org/blogs/action...
That’s a wrap on our Learning Event!
We’ve heard from many colleagues on a range of topics - from delivering locally led heat solutions to how teams are shifting from wildfire response to early action.
More here on the work the Alliance is doing around the world: zcralliance.org/resources/?l...
Today marks the 5th edition of Heat Action Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the growing threat of extreme heat.
Our new report, in collaboration with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre provides a global overview of Heat Early Warning Systems.
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One message stood out clearly at CBA20 earlier this month: locally led adaptation must become the norm.
In our latest blog, Alliance colleagues reflect on their key takeaways from the event and what this means next for climate adaptation.
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Through sustained, long-term engagement in community programming, real change is possible.
In our Action to Impact blog, @practicalaction.bsky.social's Leon Lizon shares how this approach has led to improvements in resilience across Tacana.
Read more: zcralliance.org/blogs/action...
Day two of the @zcralliance.bsky.social ‘s Learning Event comes to a close!
We’ve heard how teams are scaling heat resilience through social media, gained insights into the nature-based approaches that Alliance teams are implementing, and lots more.
Stay tuned for the third and final day 📸
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From impacting 307,266 people in Vietnam through technological interventions to supporting the creation of Disaster Risk Management roles in Bolivia, we’re partnering with communities to achieve lasting change.
Find out more in our new digital impact report: zcralliance.org/action-to-im...
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New global analysis by the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre shows that heat Early Warning Systems are expanding rapidly worldwide, but also remain highl...
Across CBA20 sessions, one message stood out clearly: locally led adaptation must become the norm, and that can only be achieved through significant shifts in power, financing, and knowledge systems.
The Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance is helping communities worldwide adapt to climate hazards through evidence-based programmes, policy advocacy, and local action - impacting 4.35 million people in...
