Save the date for the 7th LAC Regional Dialogue Platform

The 7th Regional Latin America and the Caribbean Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Action takes place from 2 to 3 September in Santiago, Chile.

New dates for the 2nd MENA Dialogue Platform

The 2nd Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action has been rearranged for take place from 29 to 31 July 2025 in Dubai, UAE.

Institutionalization in Central America and Dominican Republic

Seven countries have collectively endorsed a new regional strategy to institutionalize anticipatory action.

New working paper from the Anticipation Hub

A new working paper looks at the financing tools that could support anticipatory action's transition into a large-scale, systemic approach for reducing disaster risks.

Cholera and the case for anticipatory action

A new impact story from OCHA examines how its approach to anticipating cholera was developed, how it worked in practice and lessons for the future.

Blog June 19, 2025

Advocacy, Networks & Conferences

Readouts from policy fora in the first half of 2025

This article reflects on the outcomes from three high-level events held during the first half of 2025: Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week, the European Humanitarian Forum and the Global …

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Blog June 18, 2025

Compound risk, Conflict

Demystifying anticipatory action for displacement: a menu of operational options

There are over 123 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, yet they are rarely targeted through anticipatory action. Efforts are under way to change this, and this blog provides an overview of …

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Blog May 31, 2025

Advocacy, Scaling up

Spread the word: working with the media to tell people about anticipatory action

There are many ways to work with the media - in its many forms - to increase awareness of anticipatory action. This blog looks at some effective approaches used to date.

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Blog April 30, 2025

Conflict, Early Warning System, Forecast

Early warning systems in fragile, conflict-affected and violent contexts: takeaways for anticipatory action

Anticipatory action cannot take place effectively without investment in the wider elements of early warning systems. Securing such investment is particularly challenging in fragile, …

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Blog March 18, 2025

Early Action, Food Insecurity, Gender & Inclusion

Ensuring education through a crisis: how school-feeding programmes give children ‘more than just a meal’

Slow-onset hazards can drive hunger among children, forcing them to stay at home rather than attend school. In such contexts, school-feeding programmes have emerged as a crucial anticipatory action. …

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Blog February 10, 2025

Compound risk, Dialogue Platform

When hazards ‘work together’ in complex ways, how can anticipatory action stakeholders keep pace?

Anticipatory action initiatives have often focused on a single hazard. But the contexts in which humanitarians operate are all too often shaped by a complex interplay of cascading and compounding …

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Blog January 23, 2025

Dialogue Platform, GIS & Mapping, Science

Demystifying artificial intelligence for anticipatory action

What is the potential for using AI in anticipatory action? How can we harness AI in a way that is ethical and aligned with humanitarian values? A recent workshop sought to answer some of these …

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Blog December 02, 2024

GIS & Mapping

Using geoinformation for anticipatory action frameworks: a technical training workshop in Pakistan

Geoinformation plays a critical role in anticipatory action, providing a clear, data-driven picture of where the risks are highest and which areas are most vulnerable to hazards. A recent workshop …

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News July 11, 2025

Earth Observation, GIS & Mapping, Impact-based Forecasting, Science

Anticipatory action and artificial intelligence: plotting a pathway forward

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News July 02, 2025

Advocacy, Scaling up

A new strategy to institutionalize anticipatory action in Central America and the Dominican Republic

Six Central American countries and the Dominican Republic have collectively endorsed the first regional strategy to institutionalize anticipatory action, helping the region to shift from reactive …

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News July 01, 2025

Scaling up

State of Imminent Disaster bill passed in the Philippines

The Senate of the Philippines recently passed the State of Imminent Disaster bill. Once enacted into law, this will require local government units in the country to include anticipatory action …

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News June 26, 2025

Cash & Voucher, Early Action, Food Insecurity, Locally led

Partners in Somaliland act in anticipation of drought

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News June 11, 2025

Early Action, Health, WASH

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society launches the first simplified EAP to combat dengue

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has launched the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement’s first simplified early action protocol targeting dengue, marking a milestone for anticipatory action for public …

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News June 06, 2025

Early Action, Shelter, WASH

Anticipatory action in the Pacific: Fiji’s Simplified EAP for Tropical Cyclones

The Fiji Red Cross Society recently published its Simplified EAP for Tropical Cyclones - the first from a Small Island Developing State to be approved.

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News June 06, 2025

Early Action, WASH

UN agencies act to anticipate a cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The UN Anticipatory Action Framework: Cholera has been activated for the second time this year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with actions under way to prevent the cholera outbreak from …

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News June 05, 2025

Conflict, Early Warning System

Lessons from a regional workshop on fragile, conflict-affected and violent settings in Asia-Pacific

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Online Conference

13th Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action (10th anniversary edition)

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7th Regional Latin America and the Caribbean Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Action

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2nd Middle East and North Africa Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action

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1st Mali National Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Action

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Webinar

Community conversation #29: How can meteorological services support the preparation, planning and post-assessment of anticipatory actions?

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Video and webinar series: “The basics of forecasting for anticipatory action" - Part five: Non-weather hazards & potentials

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Community conversation #28: Anticipatory action in 2024 - what does the data tell us?

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Video and webinar series: “The basics of forecasting for anticipatory action" - Part four: Cold wave and heat wave

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Video: The Anticipation Hub at a glance

Through the online platform you can access a library of learning resources, global map of anticipatory action initiatives, an early action database, working groups and much more to support your work on anticipatory action as a practitioner, scientist or policymaker. 

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Therefore, scaling up is not just “more”, it also means “better”.
To respond collectively in a coordinated manner, we must work together.

Jagan Chapagain Secretary General, IFRC

What is global is local somewhere and what is local is global somewhere else. For this reason, it is very important for us to actually come together and co-design, co-produce and co-implement, so we can learn from each other and also cross-fertilize ideas and solutions.

Dr. Halima Saado Abdillahi Head of Research and Learning, International Centre for Humanitarian Affairs (ICHA) and Kenya Red Cross

Better anticipation allows us to stay ahead of the curve in an increasingly volatile climate, connecting scientific information to practical action on the ground.

Professor Maarten van Aalst Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Anticipatory action has tremendous potential to increase the efficiency of life-saving interventions and protect the most vulnerable. This is especially true for women and girls who often face some of the most severe risks. Through well-targeted anticipatory approaches, we can better empower women and girls to face crises on their own terms.

Lisa Carty Director, Humanitarian Financing & Resource Mobilization Division, OCHA

Anticipatory actions are the bright spots in a bleak humanitarian outlook. If we manage to move more in that direction, we will get a response that is faster, cheaper, and more dignified. One that protects hard-won development gains.

Mark Lowcock Emergency Relief Coordinator

The Anticipation Hub in numbers

The Anticipation Hub aims to share knowledge and experiences to jointly enhance and scale up anticipatory action globally.

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Emerging topics

In expanding the use of anticipatory action to address more risks, be applicable in more contexts and strengthen overall disaster risk financing approaches, experts and practitioners are engaging in multi-disciplinary collaboration to enable anticipatory action to be applied where and when it is needed using adapted tools, innovative solutions and new ways of working.

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