Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project
What we do
The Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) aims to build climate resilience of urban communities, particularly to extreme heat and coastal threats. While building on the learning from the previous experiences in coastal cities, extreme heat response and locally led climate adaptation, CoCHAP will strengthen the capacities of the communities, Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) National Societies, city authorities, meteorological agencies and other stakeholders in system and design thinking, coalition building and evidence-based collective action.
Building resilience of coastal urban communities to sea level rise, storms, and erosion.
Reducing impacts of extreme urban heat through planning, early warnings, and community adaptation.
What is new?
Join the Heat Action Day June 2nd
Heat waves are deadly. Every year, they claim the lives of infants, older people, and people with chronic health conditions around the world. There are simple actions we can all take to protect ourselves, our neighbours, our family members and friends. These include drinking water, resting in the shade, and avoiding outdoor activity in the hottest part of the day. Heat Action Day on 2 June is a chance to raise awareness about this silent emergency so more people worldwide can stay safe and #BeatTheHeat
Installation And Management Of Community Cooling Centres
The community cooling centre manual is intended to assist RCRC National Societies and branches in planning for, setting up and man- aging a community cooling centre during a heatwave.
Understanding climate change – internal migration/displacement nexus in the context of coastal cities
This study presents a synthesis of the currently available data, analysis and projections, and reports on climate induced displacement and migration in coastal communities.
Where We Work
The CoCHAP project targets 9 secondary cities in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Honduras and Tanzania. While in some cities activities focus on either coastal resilience or extreme heat, in others the activities address both climate risks.
Tools & Resources
Tap into a wealth of expertise from the RCRC Network with our comprehensive collection of resources and tools tailored for CoCHAP project implementation. This section equips you with templates, guidance documents, reports, and other invaluable materials to streamline the planning, design, and execution of your CoCHAP activities.
Click on the icons on the right to explore resources by topic, or go here to browse the entire collection.
Learning & Knowledge Sharing
A key goal of CoCHAP is to create a strong foundation of practices and knowledge that can be replicated and scaled up globally to help cities address intensifying climate risks, including extreme heat and coastal hazards. To achieve this, we prioritize broader collective learning – one that entails reflective processes parallel to implementation and learning not only from our experiences but also from those of our partners and the communities involved. The project includes a variety of modes and activities to drive this collaborative learning and practical knowledge exchange.
Sharing and Learning Days
Annual in person events and online semi-annual events to share lessons learned and challenges, present products, and update involved partners other on progress.
- Recordings
- Bangladesh RC presentation
- Honduras RC presentation
- Honduras RC video
- Indonesia RC presentation