ICRC launches Global Climate Resilience Platform to support 500 million people

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on November 9 launched the Global Climate Resilience Platform for communities most vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

Amid the ongoing COP27 global UN climate conference, the Geneva-based IFRC underlined in a press release the urgency of accelerated investment in communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis, Anadolu reports.

The new platform aims to support 500 million people by raising at least 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.01 billion) through a five-year global initiative.

The project will focus on early-warning and anticipatory action, nature-based solutions, safety nets, and shock-responsive social protection.

"We've launched the Global Climate Resilience Platform to create transformational change through an immense scale-up of investment at the local community level, heeding the call for faster and broader efforts to address the climate crisis," said IFRC Secretary General Jagan Chapagain.

"Real, sustainable change can only happen when the people impacted are driving decisions."

Chapagain said funding local climate action without having to go through multiple layers is crucial for true success in building resilience from the ground up.