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When it comes to the climate crisis, the key humanitarian principle of “do no harm” is not as simple as it sounds.

Guests Kathrine Vad and André Krummacher discuss what it takes to reduce the emissions of aid organisations.

Data-driven environmental decision-making and action in armed conflict Format Wim Zwijnenburg, Project Leader on Humanitarian Disarmament, PAX *A digital revolution through a myriad of earth observation data and open-source investigations is reshaping our understanding of the environmental causes and consequences of armed conflicts. From spatio-temporal analysis to near-real time monitoring of conflicts and resulting harm from scorched earth tactics, environmental data can quickly be incorporated in humanitarian action and reconstruction efforts. In other words, the scope and severity of envi...

Article 20 May 2021 The Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations is now opened for signature by all humanitarian organizations, following its adoption by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The Charter intends to galvanize and steer collective action in response to the dramatic impacts of the climate and environmental crises, in particular for those who will feel their impacts the most. The Charter is the result of a broad consultative process across the humanitarian sector led by the ICR...

The French Senate on Monday voted to amend a government-sponsored bill proposed by President Emmanuel Macron to fight climate change and preserve biodiversity. The climate bill seeks to change the con...