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Bangladesh

Anticipatory action in Bangladesh

  • Active frameworks

    17

  • Activations

    20

  • Investments

    $49M+

  • People Targeted

    3M+

Hazards covered by anticipation

  • Cold Wave
  • Cyclone / Typhoon / Hurricane
  • Flood
  • Heat Wave
  • Multiple

Bangladesh faces a high level of disaster risk, much of it driven by climate change. Among other hazards, it experiences frequent tropical cyclones and storm surges, drought, flash floods, heat waves, landslides, lightning strikes, riverbank erosion and seismic activity; cold waves are also a risk in certain regions.  

Bangladesh was one of the first countries to pilot anticipatory action, back in 2015. Since then, the approach has gained huge interest among humanitarian organizations and non-governmental organizations, with frameworks now in place for several of these hazards. The government has also taken steps to institutionalize the approach, for example by including anticipatory action in the revised Standing Orders on Disaster 2019 and the National Plan for Disaster Management (2021-25). 

Working groups

Asia-Pacific Technical Working Group on Anticipatory Action

Bangladesh Anticipatory Action Technical Working Group

 

Photo: A beneficiary has a drink at a cooling centre run by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. © Bangladesh Red Crescent Society

Frameworks and activations

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CountryHazardCoordinating OrganizationStatusPeople targetedBudget

Bangladesh

IFRC
 Active 230,000 $ 1,324,046

Bangladesh

IFRC
 Active 150,000 $ 1,153,168

Bangladesh

OCHA
 Active 1,296,956 $ 23,240,000

Bangladesh

WFP
 Active 386,750 $ 4,300,000

Bangladesh

Start Network
 Active 91,070 $ 2,812,663

Bangladesh

Start Network
 Active 1,000 $ 55,661
CountryHazardCoordinating OrganizationPeople targetedFundingYear

Bangladesh

IFRC
 50,000 $ 294,474 2024

Bangladesh

OCHA
 388,000 $ 6,200,000 2024

Bangladesh

WFP
 1,540,000 $ 1,200,057 2023

Bangladesh

WFP
 1,540,000 $ 1,200,057 2024

Bangladesh

Start Network
 5,981 $ 41,447 2022

Bangladesh

IFRC
 123,700 $ 282,940 2024

Key:

  • Cold Wave
  • Cyclone / Typhoon / Hurricane
  • Flood
  • Heat Wave
  • Multiple
  • Wildfire

Frameworks and activations

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    • Disaster Risk Financing
    • Evidence

    Learning from the Start Ready humanitarian pooled fund

    27 May 2026
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    • Flood
    • Cash & Voucher
    • Early Action

    Start Fund Bangladesh and Islamic Relief Bangladesh act to protect 2,700 families ahead of haor flash floods

    06 May 2026
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    • Heat Wave
    • Cash & Voucher
    • Social Protection

    Social protection as an engine for anticipatory action

    26 January 2026
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      • Dialogue Platform
      • Networks & Conferences

      Getting the harmony right at the Asia-Pacific Dialogue Platform

      05 November 2025
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      Latest resources

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      • Epidemic / Pandemic

      Linking early warnings to early action: compound hydrometeorological hazards and dengue outbreaks

      21 June 2021
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      • Drought
      • Cash & Voucher
      • Evidence

      Acting early, but to what end? Clarifying the promise of anticipatory action

      17 February 2026
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        • Other

        Making sense of synergies: how anticipatory action connects to other approaches and sectors

        16 July 2025
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        • Conflict
        • Compound risk
        • Dialogue Platform

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

        10 February 2025
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        • Flood
        • Early Action

        Flash floods in Bangladesh – and the way forward for the anticipatory action community

        18 October 2022
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        • Flood
        • Lessons Learnt

        Towards Anticipatory Action for Disaster Preparedness

        21 April 2025
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        • Flood
        • Cash & Voucher

        AI Supported Triggers for Cash Transfers, GiveDirectly

        26 March 2025
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        • Flood
        • Early Action

        Resilient Communities Acting Early to Mitigate Effects of 2020-21 Monsoon Floods in Bangladesh: Stories from the Frontline

        08 April 2022
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        • Cyclone / Typhoon / Hurricane
        • Impact-based Forecasting
        • Scaling up

        How coordination between the Red Cross Red Crescent and the World Food Programme in Bangladesh set the stage for scaling-up

        07 December 2021
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        • Flood
        • Early Action

        Supporting Flood Forecast-Based Action and Learning in Bangladesh (SUFAL): Phase I and Phase II

        03 March 2022
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          • Evidence
          • Gender & Inclusion

          Anticipatory Action in 2025 – Forecast to Frontline: Acting Early to Ensure Children Survive, Learn and are Protected

          02 July 2026
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            • Evidence
            • Livelihoods

            Early Aid, Livelihood Protection, or Both?

            05 February 2026
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            • Heat Wave
            • Cash & Voucher
            • Social Protection

            Anticipatory cash – lifesaving support How BDRCS brought new hope to the elderly in Rajshahi

            20 January 2026
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            • Heat Wave
            • Cash & Voucher
            • Social Protection

            Giving dignity and agency to the elderly in Rajshahi: Community centred anticipatory cash simulation

            20 January 2026
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