Annual report

Our approach
Through its network of 192 National Societies, 
the IFRC is fostering an unprecedented scale-up 
of locally led climate change adaptation 
actions to prevent and reduce climate-related 
disaster impacts and build community-level 
climate resilience.
IFRC’s approach in 2022 was to ramp up 
activities in climate-smart disaster risk reduc-
tion, anticipatory action and preparedness; 
work to reduce the health impacts of climate 
change; address climate displacement and 
encourage climate-resilient livelihoods and eco-
system services.
The IFRC has set ambitious targets on reduc-
ing the impacts of extreme heat, fostering 
adaptation to slow-onset impacts of climate 
change such as sea level rise in coastal cities, 
scaling up the use of nature-based solutions, 
and expanding public awareness campaigns.
This approach to climate and environment 
includes an understanding that the IFRC network 
cannot be part of the solution if work is not done 
to reduce the its own environmental footprint 
and greenhouse gas emissions.
Work in 2022 included an initiative to “green” 
operations and programming, and support-
ing National Societies to become greener 
organizations.
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Annual Report 
2022

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PROGRESS TOWARDS TARGETS
The summary below represents 2022 annual progress status. It covers work by the National Societies 
with support from the IFRC in 2022, unless it is stated otherwise. Data was collected from 111 National 
Societies. Entire network results are covered by annual FDRS reporting.
People reached with climate and environmental activities
Target by 2025
250 million
Actual 2022
Directly: 2.4 million
Indirectly: 2.9 million