Anticipatory action in Asia and the Pacific: results of the 2024 regional mapping

The Regional Mapping of Anticipatory Action in Asia and the Pacific is an annual exercise of the Asia-Pacific Technical Working Group on Anticipatory Action, which aims at better understanding the progression of the approach in the region and informing priority areas for its sustainable growth. After conducting the first regional mapping in April-June 2023, a second iteration of the exercise was conducted between May and July 2024 in 15 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam.

This report presents the findings from the 2024 mapping exercise. It highlights regional trends on anticipatory action in coverage, triggers, actions, finance, evidence and learning, and policy and institutionalization, and includes a comparative analysis of the 2023 and 2024 results. As the 2023 mapping results had limitations in capturing what the governments are already doing in terms of anticipatory action, and their views and challenges in advancing the approach, this year’s mapping extended its scope to cover the government actors through key informant interviews.