Highlight initiatives aiming at providing the skills and resources to build resilient communities, supporting disaster prevention, management, and recovery.
Build up Nepal is revolutionising house building with a low-carbon and cost-effective alternative to traditional, coal-fired bricks. Nepal is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, yet millions still lack safe housing. The social enterprise trains entrepreneurs to produce climate-friendly Compressed Stabilised Earth Bricks (CSEB), or eco-bricks, and build affordable, disaster-resilient homes. Their model uplifts marginalised communities through entrepreneurship, and paves the way for a sustainable construction industry.
The "Living in 2050" project is an innovative initiative by the French Red Cross aimed at raising public awareness about the climate and social challenges society could face by 2050. Through an immersive and interactive exhibition, participants are invited to envision a future where environmental and migratory crises disrupt daily life in France.
Oneka mechanically turns seawater into freshwater using only renewable energy from ocean waves, with no GHG emissions. Their goal is to provide sustainable and affordable freshwater to remote coastal areas or for emergency relief applications.
Bihucourt is a rural community with a population of 8 00, 50% of which was destroyed by a tornado on 23 October 2022. An hour after the tornado struck, the Pas-de-Calais Red Cross arrived on the scene to assess the damage and set up the CAI (Reception Centre) in the hall of the town hall.
