Action in the field
The IFRC continued to step-up climate actions
within the framework of the Global Climate
Resilience Platform. The IFRC provided
technical
support for advocacy strategies to the Jamaica
and Grenada National Societies. The Jamaica
Red Cross also continued to work on implement-
ing nature-based solutions in Old Harbour Bay,
through the mangrove restoration for coastal
protection programme
Education and awareness activities related to
climate were developed worldwide during 2022
with the IFRC support. The National
Societies of
Benin, Ghana, Nigeria
and
Togo
, staff & volun-
teers, received support from the IFRC to become
agents of change through training, environmen-
tal campaigns and research. Together, they
collaborated to find solutions to the extreme
weather conditions that alternate drought and
cyclone seasons, followed by floods.
The IFRC and the
Nepal Red Cross Society
developed two awareness campaigns on preven-
tion of further
degradation of the environment,
reaching 1.2 million people through messages
in social media and mass media programmes.
TOWERGANIC is another innovative project sup-
ported in Nepal, and a unique and innovative
concept created by its youth volunteers. The
concept uses a tower
for growing organic vege-
tables that contributes to meeting the vegetable
needs in Kathmandu, as well as contributing
to reducing carbon footprint and promoting
healthy foods.
With the support of the IFRC, the
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