As we reach the midpoint of Strategy 2030, we are entering a new humanitarian era. A complex mass of emerging trends is changing the world around us and affecting our ability to act: from social and geo-political polarisation to protracted conflicts that threaten to expand; emerging challenges to the protection offered by the Fundamental Principles, to new drivers of displacement and migration tensions; through to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous weapons and many more overlapping, accelerating shifts.   

The IFRC Solferino Academy has consulted more than 4,000 people in 154 countries as part of an ongoing conversation about the network’s progress on Strategy 2030 and priorities for the future. These voices – from National Society volunteers, staff and leaders around the world as well as some external experts – bring different perspectives to the fore and insights for what we should prioritise in the coming years.  The below is one of the key emerging findings of this process thus far.

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