
Beyond ensuring swift and strategic funding in response to sudden onset, escalating and protracted crises, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is also a leading global humanitarian funding...
2024 is set to be the hottest year in recorded human history steaming past 2023, the previous record holder. The world’s three hottest days were recorded in July 2024 - the hottest month in history and the 12th in a row when the global temperature rose above 1.5°C - the mean warming target set by the Paris Agreement.
Between June 2023 and April 2024, 76 extreme heatwaves were recorded in 90 countries. During that period, 6.3 billion people (about 78 per cent of the global population) experienced at least 31 days of extreme heat.
Global heating fueled extreme weather events around the world, including brutal heatwaves that killed people in the Middle East and Asia, extreme rains in Nepal, East Africa, Bangladesh, the Middle East and Brazil and the earliest and the strongest ever storm in the Atlantic - Hurricane Beryl. Record-breaking storms in Asia such as Typhoon Yagi, Viet Nam’s strongest in 30 years, pounded some of the most vulnerable people.
Amid such climate chaos, COP29 will be held from 11 to 22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. OCHA along with the COP29 presidency and other partners aims to use its presence at COP 29 to ensure the voices of people caught up in climate crises are heard.
For a second year in a row, OCHA will be hosting the Humanitarian Hub with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. The Hub will not only provide an opportunity to all humanitarian partners to amplify the voice of people affected by the climate crisis but a platform to advocate for solutions and discuss the way forward.
OCHA has been contributing towards addressing climate crisis-related extreme weather events through its funds such as Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and Country-Based Pooled Funds.
Since 2006, CERF has disbursed about $2.5 billion for response and anticipatory action to climate-related emergencies (including droughts, floods, heatwaves, cold waves and storms). This corresponds to around a quarter of its overall spending.
So far, this year, CERF has allocated more than $118 million for response and anticipatory action to climate-related emergencies, supporting over 6 million people across 22 countries. This represents nearly a third of its total spending so far in 2024.
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News and Press ReleaseBeyond ensuring swift and strategic funding in response to sudden onset, escalating and protracted crises, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is also a leading global humanitarian funding...
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News and Press ReleaseCERF has become a leading global humanitarian funding tool for response and anticipatory action for climate-related hazards, such as droughts, floods and storms. CERF stands out for its efficient and...