Why use insurance for anticipatory action – and why now?

This blogs summarizes the core messages from a new working paper that looks at how insurance could be used to support anticipatory action.

Save the date for the 7th LAC Regional Dialogue Platform

The 7th Regional Latin America and the Caribbean Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Action takes place from 2 to 3 September in Santiago, Chile.

New dates for the 2nd MENA Dialogue Platform

The 2nd Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action has been rearranged for take place from 29 to 31 July 2025 in Dubai, UAE.

Institutionalization in Central America and Dominican Republic

Seven countries have collectively endorsed a new regional strategy to institutionalize anticipatory action.

Cholera and the case for anticipatory action

A new impact story from OCHA examines how its approach to anticipating cholera was developed, how it worked in practice and lessons for the future.

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Video: The Anticipation Hub at a glance

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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

The Anticipation Hub in numbers

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

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Emerging topics

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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