New briefing on locally led anticipatory action

A new briefing published by the Anticipation Hub outlines some of the benefits of locally led anticipatory action and explains the importance of this approach.

Bangladesh acts ahead of a heat wave

The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society activated its Early Action Protocol for Heatwave in Dhaka on 21 April 2024.

Webinar series on extreme heat in the Sahel region

The Anticipation Hub, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and ANACIM in Senegal are hosting a series of webinars on anticipating heat waves in the Sahel.

Linking Nepal’s social protection programmes with anticipatory action

Nepal has a diverse portfolio of social protection programmes and humanitarian organizations are finding creative ways to use these for anticipatory action and disaster-response activities.

New report on anticipatory action to be launched at HNPW

The Anticipation Hub will launch its new report, Anticipatory Action in 2023: A Global Overview, at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week in Geneva, Switzerland.

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News May 09, 2022

Advocacy, Evidence

A new policy brief from the Anticipation Hub explaining how anticipatory action makes a difference

This policy brief explains how anticipatory action works in practice and outlines some of its many benefits.

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News May 04, 2022

Early Action, Food Insecurity

Forecast-based financing in Somalia: kicking off a new project to act ahead of drought

Under the theme ‘Closing the gap between disaster preparedness and emergency relief’ a new project to act ahead of drought has been launched in Somalia.

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News April 29, 2022

Early Action, Gender & Inclusion

Training in inclusive, gender-responsible anticipatory action for ASEAN Member States: a call for collaborators

A training in inclusive, gender-responsible anticipatory action for ASEAN Member States is in development. Input from Anticipation Hub partners is called for!

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News April 08, 2022

Scaling up

Anticipatory action as a way to address climate risks in the Arab region

During a session at the first ever MENA Regional Climate Week, panellists discussed how partners and actors can collaborate and act to scale-up anticipatory action in the Arab region.

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Case Study, News April 04, 2022

Early Action, Urban

A new case study on relocating businesses as an urban early action in the Philippines

While most early actions implemented to date have been in rural environments, there are growing efforts to expand anticipatory action to urban settings. A new case study from the Philippine Red …

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News March 29, 2022

Other

The Averted Disaster Award: recognizing successful initiatives in disaster risk management

In the field of disaster risk management, the failures are catastrophic while successes go unnoticed. The Averted Disaster Award is the world’s first prize for successful disaster mitigation …

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News March 29, 2022

Early Action, Early Warning System

Stepping up support for anticipatory action in the latest WMO Bulletin

The latest edition of the WMO Bulletin captures some of the core messages relevant to early warning and early action - including an article that explores different ways to scale up support for …

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News, Report March 28, 2022

Early Action, Risk

The 'Early Action: The State of Play 2021' report is launched today

REAP's State of Play 2021 report provides a snapshot of early warning early action commitment, investment and activity over the past year. It givesdecision-makers top-line analysis that identifies …

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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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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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