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Blog June 18, 2025

Compound risk, Conflict

Demystifying anticipatory action for displacement: a menu of operational options

There are over 123 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, yet they are rarely targeted through anticipatory action. Efforts are under way to change this, and this blog provides an overview of …

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Blog May 31, 2025

Advocacy, Scaling up

Spread the word: working with the media to tell people about anticipatory action

There are many ways to work with the media - in its many forms - to increase awareness of anticipatory action. This blog looks at some effective approaches used to date.

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Blog April 30, 2025

Conflict, Early Warning System, Forecast

Early warning systems in fragile, conflict-affected and violent contexts: takeaways for anticipatory action

Anticipatory action cannot take place effectively without investment in the wider elements of early warning systems. Securing such investment is particularly challenging in fragile, …

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Blog March 18, 2025

Early Action, Food Insecurity, Gender & Inclusion

Ensuring education through a crisis: how school-feeding programmes give children ‘more than just a meal’

Slow-onset hazards can drive hunger among children, forcing them to stay at home rather than attend school. In such contexts, school-feeding programmes have emerged as a crucial anticipatory action. …

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Blog February 10, 2025

Compound risk, Dialogue Platform

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

Anticipatory action initiatives have often focused on a single hazard. But the contexts in which humanitarians operate are all too often shaped by a complex interplay of cascading and compounding …

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Blog January 23, 2025

Dialogue Platform, GIS & Mapping, Science

Demystifying artificial intelligence for anticipatory action

What is the potential for using AI in anticipatory action? How can we harness AI in a way that is ethical and aligned with humanitarian values? A recent workshop sought to answer some of these …

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Blog December 02, 2024

GIS & Mapping

Using geoinformation for anticipatory action frameworks: a technical training workshop in Pakistan

Geoinformation plays a critical role in anticipatory action, providing a clear, data-driven picture of where the risks are highest and which areas are most vulnerable to hazards. A recent workshop …

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Blog November 29, 2024

Early Action, Health, WASH

Learning by doing: lessons from anticipatory actions ahead of floods in Zambia

In January 2023, the Zambian Red Cross Society activated its EAP for Floods. Later that year, the Netherlands Red Cross commissioned a study to learn lessons from this activation; this provided …

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