The Met Office has selected The British Red Cross to be its charity partner for the next three years, to provide its global workers with latest information to support communities impacted by climate emergencies.

This focus on information sharing between the weather and climate research organisation and the charity aims “to help communities be better ready for and recover” from environmental challenges, according to the Met Office.

“The science is clear that climate change is already increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather events such has heatwaves and intense rainfall in the UK,” it said.

“These changes bring heightened humanitarian risks such as flooding, heat-related health impacts and potential water scarcity.”

“We’re thrilled to be working with the Met Office,” said British Red Cross director of crisis response and community resilience Chris Davies.

“As an organisation with UK wide emergency response operations, Red Cross teams are seeing first-hand that climate related risks in the UK are becoming more frequent and severe.

“Working together to support more people to understand and act on humanitarian and climate-related issues, will ensure that more people get the help they need when it matters most.”

Met Office chief executive Penny Endersby added that the charity’s “humanitarian mission and values align closely with our own purpose and commitment to helping people stay safe and thrive”.

“This partnership will allow us to combine our expertise, improving community resilience in the face of climate change.”

The Met Office launched a hunt for its next charity partner in June. Its last partner was The Wildlife Trusts.

Its charity partnerships also include fundraising, as well as providing research.

Previous Met Office charity partnerships have included working with Surfers Against Sewage, RNLI, WaterAid, and ShelterBox.

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