“Truth, trust and humanitarian action in the age of harmful information” is the title of the World Disasters Report 2026, published on 5 March by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), to which Fondation Hirondelle contributed with Chapter 6. The report provides both evidence-based data and serves as a roadmap for action.
The World Disasters Report 2026 warns harmful information as a de facto humanitarian crisis : undermining access to aid, eroding trust, destabilizing social cohesion and increasing risks for staff, volunteers and communities. No longer a peripheral communications issue, harmful information is an operational and strategic challenge affecting acceptance, safety and principled humanitarian action.
Across eight chapters, the Report shows why understanding harms of harmful information is critical, revealing its wide-ranging impacts and how it disrupts preparedness, response and recovery. It provides practical recommendations to strengthen information resilience, safeguard humanitarian principles and rebuild trust.
In Chapter 6, Fondation Hirondelle highlights information integrity as a means of prevention, not only reaction, and as a key element in strengthening social cohesion.
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