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Key Issues

Climate-Smart Response

Extreme weather events, fueled by climate change, are occurring with greater frequency and intensity than ever before.

Each destructive weather event has devastating consequences on peoples’ lives and livelihoods, particularly for those who live in the communities where Relief International works.

7 of RI’s countries of operation appear among the top 20 of the Fragile States Index, underscoring the urgency of climate-sensitive interventions around the world.

When crisis hits, Relief International teams are among the first responders on the ground, relying on our staff of local nationals and network of partner organizations to deliver critical aid to disaster-affected communities.

But our staff also stay after the crisis ends, working with climate-affected communities to help them recover, thrive and adapt to the changing reality of climate change.

We leverage green, digital, and off-grid solutions to develop long-lasting, climate-conscious programs that are tailored to the communities we work with, helping them enhance their capacity when responding to the challenging reality of a warming world.

In Syria, we installed a solar power system in a health facility in the north west of the country, reducing fuel requirements and ensuring a consistent availability of electricity. In Ghana, we’ve produced more than 1.9 million clean cookstoves to reduce the emission of green house gases. And in Pakistan we have helped develop flood diversion walls using indigenous building techniques in response to the devastating floods of 2022.

These programs represent only a fraction of our work to improve communities’ resilience in response to the pervasive effects of climate change.

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In this video Azadeh Hasani, Global Humanitarian Director at Relief International, discusses the 2022 floods in Pakistan, how communities around the world are responding to extreme weather events fueled by climate change, and what you can do to support them.

In Response to Climate Change

Our work responding to natural disasters and long-term development challenges fueled by climate change.

South Sudan

Rising Above The Flood Waters

In South Sudan, Relief International staff and the communities we work with pull together to ensure people can access health care even during floods.

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Pakistan

Pakistan Floods: Five things to know 12 months on

Devastating flooding in 2022 affected 33 million people in Pakistan. Relief International have worked with local communities to help them rebuild ever since.

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Sudan

Clean Energy Brings Clean and Safe Water to Refugee Camps in Sudan

People living in Sudan’s Zamzam camp can access safe and clean water thanks to a hybrid solar-powered water pump installed by Relief International.

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Syria

“The weather has been the main reason for our emergency responses over the past two years.”

Cold weather, flooding and dangerous winds exacerbate health issues for displaced people in Syria.

To help, RI medical teams regularly visit camps to support residents dealing with these extreme conditions.

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South Sudan

“Yesterday I started seeing rain clouds. If the rain starts early, I can only expect the worst.”

Last year RI’s health teams provided over 853,000 health consultations to people at hospitals and clinic across the Upper Nile region of South Sudan

This vital work is made exponentially more difficult by South Sudan’s extreme weather patterns.

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Philippines

“We are used to having typhoons… But these typhoons are getting more destructive every year”

Typhoons in the Philippines are growing in strength and destruction.

To assist, RI is preparing local communities for how to avoid disease outbreaks resulting from typhoons so that they will be better prepared when the next one hits.

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Somalia

Somalia Braces as Climate Change Brings Recurring Droughts and Floods

 

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Bangladesh

Life among the Mangroves: Eco-Tourism in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans Forest

 

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Ghana

The Gyapa Cookstove: A Thriving, Climate-Friendly Business

Since 2007, Relief International has worked alongside Ghanaian communities and the CO2 emissions experts at ClimateCare to design, produce and sell a safer cooking solution: the Gyapa™ cookstove.

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Iran

Brick by Brick: Rebuilding after Iran’s Nowruz floods

 

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South Sudan

Rising Above The Flood Waters

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Pakistan

Pakistan Floods: Five things to know 12 months on

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Sudan

Clean Energy Brings Clean and Safe Water to Refugee Camps in Sudan

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Syria

“The weather has been the main reason for our emergency responses over the past two years.”

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South Sudan

“Yesterday I started seeing rain clouds. If the rain starts early, I can only expect the worst.”

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Philippines

“We are used to having typhoons… But these typhoons are getting more destructive every year”

Somalia Floods

Somalia

Somalia Braces as Climate Change Brings Recurring Droughts and Floods

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Bangladesh

Life among the Mangroves: Eco-Tourism in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans Forest

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Ghana

The Gyapa Cookstove: A Thriving, Climate-Friendly Business

An Iranian family walks through a flooded street in a village around the city of Ahvaz, in Iran's Khuzestan province, on March 31, 2019. Mehdi Pedramkhoo/AFP/Getty Images

Iran

Brick by Brick: Rebuilding after Iran’s Nowruz floods

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Somalia Floods
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An Iranian family walks through a flooded street in a village around the city of Ahvaz, in Iran's Khuzestan province, on March 31, 2019. Mehdi Pedramkhoo/AFP/Getty Images
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Rising Above The Flood Waters

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Pakistan Floods: Five things to know 12 months on

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Clean Energy Brings Clean and Safe Water to Refugee Camps in Sudan

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“The weather has been the main reason for our emergency responses over the past two years.”

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“Yesterday I started seeing rain clouds. If the rain starts early, I can only expect the worst.”

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“We are used to having typhoons… But these typhoons are getting more destructive every year”

Somalia Floods

Somalia Braces as Climate Change Brings Recurring Droughts and Floods

RI Staff/RI

Life among the Mangroves: Eco-Tourism in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans Forest

Ghana. RI

The Gyapa Cookstove: A Thriving, Climate-Friendly Business

An Iranian family walks through a flooded street in a village around the city of Ahvaz, in Iran's Khuzestan province, on March 31, 2019. Mehdi Pedramkhoo/AFP/Getty Images

Brick by Brick: Rebuilding after Iran’s Nowruz floods