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GIS & Mapping

Capturing opportunities for OpenStreetMap data to better support Anticipatory Action

There are a vast array of opportunities for open geospatial data, like OpenStreetMap (OSM) to support anticipatory action. This blog captures key insights and examples of how the German Red Cross, …

Forecast

Bridging the gap: establishing the basis of subseasonal flood forecasting in East Africa

In 2018 Kenya experienced one of its wettest seasons on record. Exceptionally high rainfall in distinct periods throughout the “long rains” season resulted in extensive flooding, loss of around 200 …

Reshaping and rethinking Anticipatory Action: learning from 2020

During the first months of 2020, all the attention was on – and rightly so – containing the spread and responding to the direct impacts of COVID19. Some of us working on designing new anticipatory …

Early Action

Getting ahead of the climate curve: Investing in Early Warning and Early Action

The need to get ahead of the climate curve by investing in early warning and early action was also the focus of an Anchoring Event on Disaster Risk Management, one of the action themes of the …

Enhancing anticipatory action through Earth Observations

Dealing with a crisis within a crisis: Anticipatory Action in the age of Covid-19