"INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES - IFRC"

Nearly USD 825 million are needed for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to assist the world’s most vulnerable communities to face the new coronavirus, according to a revised emergency appeal for the pandemic launched in Geneva today. UNTV CH

Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Egypt; Maria Flachsbarth, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany; and Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) brief press on climate action.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on the launch of a new IFRC report on the future humanitarian cost of climate change - The Cost of Doing Nothing.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched a new report on the projected humanitarian cost of climate change at UN Headquarters in New York. UNIFEED

UNICEF announced the arrival to Nassau of a plane carrying nearly 1.5 tons of lifesaving supplies that will help provide access to safe water for over 9,500 children and families left reeling by the storm. UNICEF

Renewed warnings of deadly destruction in the Bahamas caused by hurricane Dorian have been issued by UN agencies and partners, who said on Tuesday that they’re worried “for every single” person on two of the worst-hit islands. UNTV CH

Press Briefing by Francesco Rocca, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). He briefed reporters on the new Red Cross guidelines to help cities prepare for heatwaves - extreme weather events that are now among the world’s deadliest types of natural hazard.

A new heatwave guide for cities warns, “heatwaves are one of the deadliest natural hazards facing humanity, and the threat they pose will only become more serious and more widespread as the climate crisis continues.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Efforts are continuing to reach all victims of Cyclone Idai in southern Africa where a senior relief chief has warned of a “water, sanitation and hygiene ticking bomb”, while appealing for a much greater level of assistance than was first envisaged. UNTV CH