On 8 November, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) will hold its annual conference for the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF), celebrating "45 Years of IFRC-DREF." Established in 1979, the Fund was designed to address small and medium-sized disasters. Over the years, it "has evolved to include support for anticipatory action to respond more effectively to multiple crises, save more lives and livelihoods, minimize impacts, and prevent suffering."This scene of chaos was taken by Moises Saman, in Derna, Lybia, after Storm Daniel struck, causing devastating floods and killing thousands of people in the city in September 2023.