RCRC and CC Jun11 DL

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RCRC and Climate Change

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[…] commitments were made to address

climate change in the following ways:

• raise awareness

on climate change

• provide

humanitarian assistance

• improve

capacity to respond

• decrease vulnerability of communities

most

strongly affected

• integrate

climate risk management into

policies

and plans

• mobilise human and financial resources,

giving priority to

actions for the most

vulnerable

At the RCRC International Conference 2007 – ‘Together for Humanity’

International conference 2007

Geneva,

November 2007

RCRC International

Conference

The Red Cross Red Crescent commitments

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International Conference 2007

Together for Humanity (Resolution 1),

Governments and National Societies acknowledged

the threats posed in humanitarian terms by

environmental

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The Red Cross Red Crescent

Commitments

Commitments were made to address climate

change in the following ways:

• _{raise awareness on climate change} • _{provide humanitarian assistance}

• _{improve capacity to respond}

• _{decrease vulnerability of communities most strongly}

affected

• _{integrate climate risk management into policies and plans} • _{mobilise human and financial resources, giving priority to}

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Strategy 2020 and Climate Change

IFRC’s mission of building

safer and resilient

communities

and

addressing climate

change is clearly stated

as a priority under the

Strategic Aim 2 of the

IFRC Strategy 2020

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Climate Training Kit. Module 1a – Climate change science and impacts

IPCC – the ‘key reference’

on climate change

Main findings

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Climate change is already happening

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It is mostly caused by man

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It will continue

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The rate of change is alarming

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Extreme weather is getting more frequent



It is urgent to stop further warming

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Second Question: Along with the GHG the earth

is getting warmer – what does that mean?

Changing rainfall patterns

Sea level rise

Changes in extreme events

Rising temperatures, heat waves

Melting ice

Ocean acidification

Scientists very sure

Less clear, and

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In the next few decades, temperatures will continue to rise, even if we almost completely stop emissions of GHGs today (blue line)

This is because GHGs,

especially CO2, stay in the

atmosphere for a long time Therefore, we have further climate change “in the

pipeline” because of the emissions already in the atmosphere

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But if, and only if, we cut the global amount of GHG emissions quickly, we may avoid escalating warming in the second half of this century (the red line)

If we act now to reduce global emissions, it is still possible to keep changes within a “manageable

range” for our children

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Disaster Management

Health and Care

Water and Sanitation

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RC action: Improve climate risk management

• _{Partnerships with weather agencies and}

technical specialists on adaptation options

• _{Climate risk assessments – check how our}

programming should be adjusted to meet new risk patterns

• _{More and better disaster preparedness at all}

levels: Early warning – Early action plans with pre-determined actions triggered by

information at different time scales

• _{Up-scaling of climate-smart community risk}

reduction activities

• _{More flexible, climate-smart health}

programming

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Humanitarian Diplomacy:

International and National (Climate)

Policy

- attention for the

most vulnerable

- building on

local capacity

- linking with

disaster risk management (DRR

and Response)

At the international level

, including



_{United National Framework Convention on}

Climate Change (UNFCCC)

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_{HFA and SFDRR}

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_{Climate Smart DRR}



_{Resilience Building}

At the national level (in developing

countries)

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P

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Paying for Predictions

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YOU

Country

You have your budget for

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1.Game =

simplified

representation

of reality

2.No questioning of game rules

3.Decisions are individual --

but

consultation with team is encouraged

4.You pay with beans

-- beans cannot

be shared among players

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Need more beans than you have left?

--> you have a humanitarian crisis!

Winner:

Country with Most Number of Beans Left

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Local Climate in Regional Context

7 6

5 8 9 10 11 12 4

3 2

Country Local

Flood if 10+

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Stand up for Flood Preparedness:

Pay 1 bean before rains

Early Action

Wait & See

Stay sitting

(doing non-disaster tasks)

:

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No problem

: No problem

: Pay 4 beans

Early Action

(paid 1 bean)

Wait & See

No disaster ?

<10

Flood ?

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