CEA and Extreme Weather

Explore resources on incorporating community engagement and accountability into your extreme weather responses, including hurricanes, flooding and earthquakes.

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6 October 2025

Food security community based surveillance mechanism: Lessons Learned from the Sahel Region

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

British Red Cross, Burkinabe Red Cross Society, Mauritanian Red Crescent, Red Cross of Chad

This case study highlights the experience of three National Societies — Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Chad — in establishing community-based food security and livelihoods surveillance mechanisms. The document outlines key…

  • Anticipatory action
  • CEA and Food Insecurity
  • Climate change
  • Community feedback

4 September 2025

Community based Early Warning Early Action in Tuvalu

Type:

Report

Organization:

Climate Centre, USP

This research study explores how communities respond to disasters in the island to form recommendations on improving early warning early actions.

  • Climate change
  • Cyclone
  • Early Warning Early Action (EWEA)
  • Extreme weather

4 September 2025

Community based Early Warning Early Action in Palau

Type:

Report

Organization:

Climate Centre, USP

This research study explores how communities, and especially the youth, respond to disasters in the island to form recommendations on improving early warning early actions.

  • Climate change
  • Extreme weather
  • Typhoon
  • Young people

19 August 2025

Strengthening Flood Response Through Feedback: Burkinabe Red Cross Society

Type:

Video

Organization:

British Red Cross, Burkinabe Red Cross Society

In this video, Léa Balima, CEA and PGI Focal Point at the Burkinabe Red Cross Society, shares how the national society introduced a community feedback mechanism during their response to…

  • Community feedback
  • Extreme weather
  • Flooding
  • French

22 July 2025

Community Perceptions on Locally Led Adaptation to Climate Change in Malawi

Type:

Report

Organization:

IFRC, Malawi Red Cross, US AID

This report explores how communities in Phalombe and Nsanje, Malawi, perceive and respond to climate change. It highlights key knowledge gaps, adaptation challenges, and the role of indigenous knowledge. Based…

  • Climate change
  • Indigenous knowledge
  • Locally-led adaption

26 June 2025

Community Driven Cyclone recovery in Bangladesh

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, IFRC

This case study details the community-driven recovery efforts in Bangladesh following Cyclone Remal, emphasising participation, empowerment, and resilience. Rather than delivering aid through a top-down model, BDRCS prioritised a participatory…

  • Cyclone
  • Extreme weather
  • Feedback
  • Meaningful participation