Quick and reliable funding: how FbA by the DREF supported a shift from reaction to anticipation in 2020

The year 2020 was the first to see activations of the Forecast-based Action by the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (FbA by the DREF) funding mechanism. This briefing examines each of the four activations that took place in 2020 – two in Bangladesh, and one each in Ecuador and Mongolia – to highlight the many ways in which FbA by the DREF has contributed to the shift from reaction to anticipation in humanitarian action.