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The UN’s ambitious goal of early warning for the world’s entire population looks significantly more achievable after a key vote last month at the Council of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) to “increase free and open data provision” underlying its forecasts. “High-quality data are crucial not only for operational forecasting, but also for developing downstream modelling, including impact models vital for assessing various environmental and societal impacts,” according to an announcement this week that made the vote public.

With her watering can in hand, Mariam Albert (photo) carefully sprinkles each of the many tree seedlings that cover the ground around her.  Some day these young trees will bear fruit and nuts, and provide oil, cacao and wood for local communities. Just as importantly, they will help diminish the impacts of climate change and deforestation, while providing a vital source of local income.

Hurricane Beryl has caused unprecedented devastation on its path across the south-east Caribbean, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC Americas regional office said in a press release issued in Panama City and Geneva earlier today. No other Category 5 North Atlantic hurricane has struck this early in the year, and it “underscores the new reality of the climate crisis that Caribbean small-island nations face: storms are more likely to rapidly intensify and become stronger, causing severe destruction and giving communities less time to recover in between shocks,” the IFRC says.

🚨Internship Vacancy🚨 We are looking for an intern to support our team on Socioeconomic Data Analysis Report, Peru. It’s supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. The team is expecting support in developing a database on the socio-economic effects in relation to the impact of floods on the community of Hatumplaya in the San Martín region and in the community of Puerto Naranjitos in the Amazonas region. Analyze and process quantitative information from public administrative databases (e.g., National Surveys, Censuses, SINPAD, etc.) on the socioeconomic impacts related to floods. The position is full-time (40 hours per week) for three months (from July 15, 2024 to September 15, 2024). The candidate must be enrolled in a university program at the undergraduate or graduate level for the entire duration of the internship, have experience in data analysis linked to socio-economic information, / Environmental Science or Planning / Climate Science or Climate Risk Management / Geography / Disaster Management / Social or Biomedical Sciences. Check the link for more information on the role, requirements and how to apply. The deadline is Wednesday, 10 July 2024 at 11:59 am CET. Please note that due to the expected number of applications, we will only contact you if you have been successful in your application.

Tropical Cyclone Freddy – which last year travelled a third of the world’s circumference in just over a month and embodied the atmospheric energy equal to an entire North Atlantic hurricane season – has set a new world record for the longest-lived cyclone. An international scientific team from the World Meteorological Organization recognized TC Freddy’s duration of 36 days while at least at official tropical-storm status as breaking the previous record of just under 30 days set by Cyclone John in the Pacific in 1994, the World Meteorological Organization announced today and as expected last year.

The Climate Centre represented the Red Cross Red Crescent at two important conferences in South America last month, centred on climate action for cities and through social protection programming. Organized by Climate Centre partners Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and hosted by the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, the ICLEI World Congress brought together over 1,500 urban leaders from nearly 100 countries from 18 to 21 June to address “local climate and resilience action, multi-level governance, and the unique role of the Amazon region in global sustainability,” an ICLEI statement said.

🚨Extended deadline for Internship Vacancy🚨 We are looking for an intern to support our team on Urban Adaptation report, Asia Pacific. Participate in regular coordination calls with different team members and support the project core team based on the project requirements. Contribute to developing different reports and knowledge of product development. The position is full-time (40 hours per week) for three months (15 July 2024 – 14 October 2024). Note: The intern must be enrolled in a university programme for the entire duration of the placement, have a background in Urban Planning or development or resilience/Environment Science or planning/ Climate Science or climate-risk management/ Geography/Disaster Management The deadline is extended till Thursday, 04 July 2024 at 11:59 am CET. Click on the link for more information on the role, requirements and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/epqhQKkV

Against a backdrop of donor funding failing to keep pace with rising humanitarian needs stemming from climate change, IFRC Under Secretary General Nena Stoiljkovic has called for humanitarian solutions to be “customized and made as local as possible”. Speaking yesterday by video link to the 2024 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment (17:20), Ms Stoiljkovic said “climate change impacts all of us, but it doesn’t do so equally” – an obvious example, with temperature records being regularly broken amid unprecedented heatwaves worldwide, was access to air-conditioning.

The American Red Cross selected the Juneteenth holiday on 19th of the month that commemorates the end of slavery in the US to unveil a mural painted specially by the Climate Centre for Global Heat Action Day as an ode to environmental and climate justice (photo). The event, organized by the National Capital and Greater Chesapeake Region of the American Red Cross coincided with the current expanding and dangerous heatwave in the US, and underscored the urgent need for preparedness and community resilience.

Last month, Kami Rita, a Nepalese sherpa, reached the summit of Everest for the thirtieth time. Rita’s achievement, in some of the least hospitable conditions on Earth, is staggering. For Nepal – where I’m from – the mountains, and the cold, are the cliché. But in fact, it’s extreme heat that’s the growing problem. Everest’s cold and height claims a dozen or more lives most years. But in Nepal the heat takes far more.