Lessons Learnt

A year of success in Latin America and the Caribbean

Anticipatory action made some huge steps forward in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021. A new publication from the FbF LAC program captures some of these many highlights.

Trigger Development

The trigger database is live

The trigger database presents information on the trigger systems of early action protocols. It adds to the information presented in the early action database and evidence database, in order to help …

Scaling up

Tackling the humanitarian consequences of climate change: scaling up anticipatory action

On 14 December 2021, the Anticipation Hub, together with DG ECHO, France and VOICE, co-organized a webinar on ‘Tackling the humanitarian consequences of climate change: scaling up anticipatory …

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

A new case study explores how strong collaborations between the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and the World Food Programme played a pivotal role in advancing anticipatory action at the national …

Dialogue Platform

New actors, new faces and renewed ambitions: highlights from the 9th Global Dialogue Platform

The 9th Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action was the largest to date, with 1,177 people logging in for this virtual event over three days. This growing interest in …

Evidence

The 4As partnership: gathering academic evidence about anticipatory action

On 8 December 2021, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new partnership with seven universities. The Academic Alliance for Anticipatory Action (4As) consortium is led by …

Dialogue Platform

The Anticipation Hub celebrates its 1st birthday

The Anticipation Hub celebrated its 1st birthday party at the Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action - on 8 December, exactly one year after its official launch. Read more …

Strengthening partnerships between science and practice for anticipatory action

Good news for anticipatory action: the Water@Reading research group has received an Earth Observations for the Sustainable Development Goals 2021 award. Read more.

Scaling up

How local governments allocated funding for anticipatory action in the Philippines

A new case study explores how strong collaborations between Philippines Red Cross and government stakeholders paved the way for Local Government Units in the Philippines to allocate government …

Advocacy

Funding disaster response what needs to change

Kara Siahaan, head of the Anticipation Hub, was a panellist at the COP26 session ‘COP out or radically change the way the world pays for disasters’, organised by Devex in partnership with DAI and …