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Extreme weather is the new norm, says senior climatologist

There’s no question that Canada has had its fair share of challenging weather over the last year. Just think back to the Alberta floods or the ice storm that hit Eastern Canada. There have been an unusually high number of severe weather situations that have kept Red Cross disaster teams on high alert across the country.

Photo of the Day: Disaster risk education in the Solomon Islands

Today’s photo comes from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). IFRC photographer, Benoit Matsha-Carpentier and writer Patrick Fuller recently finished a mission where they travelled to several countries to see...

A ‘weirding’ climate, here and around the world

http://vimeo.com/22297884 ‘Climate change’. We’ve all heard the discussions and debates, but if you’re anything like me, it can be hard to wrap your mind around how an increase of a few tiny degrees can wreak such havoc on this beautiful world of ...

Photo of the Day: Red Cross responding to BC landslide

Red Cross disaster response personnel, including volunteer Rick Smith from North Vancouver who is seen in this photo, travelled by helicopter along with staff from Emergency Social Services to reach people impacted by the deadly Johnson’s Landing l...

Cairo’s children: A message to the world

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa With the help of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society, students and youth of Cairo have been educated on climate change and have learned the importance of disaster risk reduction. The studen...

Goderich tornado – stories from the reception centre

*Special thank you to photographer Johan Hallberg-Cambpell for these photos [slideshow] When I was a kid, I would sometimes go on day trips with my family to Goderich, ON - a town of 8,000 located on the shores of Lake Huron, dubbed as “the pre...

COP16 through the eyes of a Red Cross youth volunteer

*Written by Sarah St. John, Canadian Red Cross youth volunteer representing the IFRC at the COP16 climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico. [slideshow] During our first guided visit to the COP 16 plennary sessions held in the Moon Palace, Madelee...

Congratulations to a budding climate change hero

Congratulations to Sarah St. John, a student of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, for being selected to attend the UN Climate Change Conference as part of the Red Cross Federation delegation. Sarah, an active Red Cross volunteer, was on...

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