New webinar series on forecasting for anticipatory action

A new series of webinars, beginning in May, provides and introduction to forecasting for anticipatory action.

New working group on anticipatory action for displacement

The Anticipation Hub's new Global Working Group on Anticipatory Action for Displacement launches later this month.

Managing cholera outbreaks in Cameroon through anticipatory action

The Cameroon Red Cross Society’s EAP for Cholera marks a historic milestone: it is the first EAP for an epidemic to be validated by the IFRC, and will guide anticipatory actions ahead of a forecast cholera epidemic.

How school-feeding programmes give children ‘more than just a meal’

Slow-onset hazards can drive hunger among children - and in such contexts, school-feeding programmes have emerged as a crucial anticipatory action. This was the case in Zimbabwe, where they helped to increase school attendance during a prolonged drought.

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Blog October 11, 2024

Early Action, Scaling up, Trigger Development

Drill leads to skill! Simulating anticipatory actions ahead of floods in Kenya

Simulation exercises provide an opportunity for stakeholders to practice and refine the different phases of anticipatory action. Partners in the WAHAFA project recently held a simulation of their …

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Blog October 09, 2024

Dialogue Platform, Locally led, Networks & Conferences, Scaling up

Do we need to mainstream anticipatory action, ensure it is locally led – or both? Take 2...

Can anticipatory action be both locally led and mainstreamed at the national level? Read more reflections from the anticipatory action community.

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Blog October 02, 2024

Dialogue Platform, Networks & Conferences

Looking ahead to the 12th Global Dialogue Platform

As we get ready for the Global Dialogue Platform in October, we asked the Anticipation Hub’s newest partners what they are most looking forward to at this year’s event.

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Blog September 25, 2024

Dialogue Platform, Locally led, Scaling up

Do we need to mainstream anticipatory action, ensure it is locally led – or both? Take 1...

Can anticipatory action be both locally led and mainstreamed at the national level? We asked some experts in this sector for their thoughts.

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Blog September 11, 2024

Social Protection

From reactive to proactive: anticipatory action for drought through social protection systems in the Philippines

Anticipatory action can reduce the impacts of slow-onset disasters on rural farming communities. One example is the successful implementation of a pilot scheme to act ahead of the El Niño-induced …

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Blog July 31, 2024

Dialogue Platform, Networks & Conferences

Reflections on the first MENA Dialogue Platform

The first MENA Dialogue Platform took place from 10 to 12 July 2024, with a focus on networking among the main strategic actors in the region and jointly creating a roadmap for anticipatory action …

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Blog June 24, 2024

Dialogue Platform

Looking ahead to the first MENA Dialogue Platform

The first MENA Dialogue Platform will take place from 10 to 12 July 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Helen Ticehurst from the UK Met Office tells us what’s coming up at this strategic regional …

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Blog June 14, 2024

GIS & Mapping

Simulating anticipatory actions as part of disaster management: MapEx 2024

The 18th edition of MapEx was recently held in the UK. For the first time, the imagined scenario – a cyclone in Madagascar – included major anticipatory action components.

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Video: The Anticipation Hub at a glance

Through the online platform you can access a library of learning resources, global map of anticipatory action initiatives, an early action database, working groups and much more to support your work on anticipatory action as a practitioner, scientist or policymaker. 

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Therefore, scaling up is not just “more”, it also means “better”.
To respond collectively in a coordinated manner, we must work together.

Jagan Chapagain Secretary General, IFRC

What is global is local somewhere and what is local is global somewhere else. For this reason, it is very important for us to actually come together and co-design, co-produce and co-implement, so we can learn from each other and also cross-fertilize ideas and solutions.

Dr. Halima Saado Abdillahi Head of Research and Learning, International Centre for Humanitarian Affairs (ICHA) and Kenya Red Cross

Better anticipation allows us to stay ahead of the curve in an increasingly volatile climate, connecting scientific information to practical action on the ground.

Professor Maarten van Aalst Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Anticipatory action has tremendous potential to increase the efficiency of life-saving interventions and protect the most vulnerable. This is especially true for women and girls who often face some of the most severe risks. Through well-targeted anticipatory approaches, we can better empower women and girls to face crises on their own terms.

Lisa Carty Director, Humanitarian Financing & Resource Mobilization Division, OCHA

Anticipatory actions are the bright spots in a bleak humanitarian outlook. If we manage to move more in that direction, we will get a response that is faster, cheaper, and more dignified. One that protects hard-won development gains.

Mark Lowcock Emergency Relief Coordinator

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The Anticipation Hub aims to share knowledge and experiences to jointly enhance and scale up anticipatory action globally.

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In expanding the use of anticipatory action to address more risks, be applicable in more contexts and strengthen overall disaster risk financing approaches, experts and practitioners are engaging in multi-disciplinary collaboration to enable anticipatory action to be applied where and when it is needed using adapted tools, innovative solutions and new ways of working.

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