Annual report

partnership with the Prudence Foundation to 
explore the impacts of air pollution, extreme 
heat and humidity on health. The project will 
focus on climate resilience and research to sup-
port National Society work with communities.
Throughout the year, the IFRC increased its 
profile and influence in the global climate 
agenda through clear and consistent media 
positioning and messaging. The continuation of 
the #ClimateChangedMe campaign resulted in a 
136 per cent jump in the number of mentions 
on social media, online media, TV and radio that 
include both the IFRC and climate from 2021 to 
2022. This impact demonstrates that sustained 
campaigning and clear messaging helps to get 
people talking about IFRC climate work online, 
raising the profile of the network, and also rais-
ing public awareness of the issues.
To support National Societies to get their own 
climate and environment messages across, 
the IFRC and British Red Cross developed and 
launched a Climate Communications Toolkit con-
taining guidelines on how the network should 
speak about the climate crisis.
Strategic Priorities
| Climate and environment 
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Areas of emergency response
EMERGENCY 
AFRICA HUNGER CRISIS
Launch date: October 2022
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End date: December, 2023
Health
Cash
WASH
PGI
Livelihoods
Emergency appeal
MGR60001
People affected
 146 million
People to be supported
 7.6 million
Funding requirement
CHF 132 million 
Operating budget
CHF 14.2 million
Expenditure
CHF 12.3 million
Description of emergency
Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing one of the-
most alarming food crises in decades. Roughly 
146 million people are suffering from acute food 
insecurity and require urgent assistance. Levels 
of hunger are forecast to continue to deteriorate 
into 2023, fuelled by conflict and insecurity, the 
climate crisis, and rising prices and inflation, 
underlined by endemic poverty.
The IFRC categorized this crisis as a “Red Level 
Emergency” in view of its severity and scale. This 
requires the highest attention from the network, 
including the activation of global emergency 
tools that will support the operational scale-up. 
The response provides life-saving humanitarian 
assistance while building resilience to shocks and 
addressing the root causes of food insecurity.
Achievements