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Anticipatory Action in Complex Crises: Lessons from Ethiopia

This study examines how anticipatory action was perceived and experienced among Ethiopians living with drought alongside other crises. These include the 2020–22 conflict in Tigray, local conflicts …

Advocacy, Scaling up

IGAD Regional Roadmap for Anticipatory Action

Humanitarian needs and losses and damages from various hazards are rising in the eastern Africa region. While multiple anticipatory action initiatives are ongoing in the region, these are …

Early Action

EAP_activation_notification_Kazakhstan_coldwave_2023.pdf

This document is a notification of Kazakhstan activating its Simplified Early Action Protocol (EAP) for Cold Waves, which took place in December 2023.

Early Action, Health, WASH

Tanzania – Anticipatory Actions for Ebola Outbreak: DREF Final Report

This report summarizes the anticipatory actions taken in Tanzania to reduce the impacts of an Ebola outbreak in the country from 2022-23.

Cash & Voucher, Early Action, Evidence

Effects of anticipatory humanitarian cash assistance to households forecasted to experience extreme flooding: evidence from Bangladesh

The 2020 monsoon floods in Bangladesh were among the most severe and protracted in decades. Instead of waiting for disaster to strike, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society used impact-based forecast …

Early Action, Emerging Topics, Health, WASH

Anticipatory action for epidemics

To date, most anticipatory action initiatives have focused on extreme climate and weather events, but there are increasing opportunities to look beyond these and act ahead of other hazards. These …

Advocacy, Disaster Risk Financing, Scaling up

COP28: a call for action on the Loss and Damage Fund and funding arrangements

The Loss and Damage Fund and funding arrangements should be determined by, and structured to meet, the actual needs of people on the frontline of the climate crisis. This policy brief consolidates …

Cash & Voucher, Early Action, Early Warning System, Forecast, Shelter, WASH

EAP_Activation_Uganda_Floods_2023.pdf

This document reports on the activation of Uganda's EAP for Floods, which took place in November 2023.

Cash & Voucher, Early Action, Evidence, Lessons Learnt

Viet Nam: Impact of Anticipatory Action – Racing against Typhoon Noru

Anticipatory action is a growing concept in Viet Nam. Over the past few years, the partnership between the Viet Nam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority, the Food and Agriculture Organization of …

Early Action, Shelter, WASH

Early Action Protocol notification: Djibouti - Floods, November 2023

This document sets out how Djibouti's Simplified EAP for Floods was activated in November 2023. It explains the triggers used to activate this framework, as well as the actions to be taken to …