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.

El Niño exit leaves a lasting impact on Southeast Asia's agricultural systems

A new FAO briefing highlights how El Niño has left a lasting impact on South-East Asia's agricultural systems, stressing the need for preventive measures.

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.

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News March 15, 2023

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Acting early to minimize the impacts of the Marburg virus

Thanks to funding from the Anticipatory Pillar of the IFRC’s DREF, the Cameroon Red Cross and the Gabonese Red Cross are now implementing measures to prevent the spread of the Marburg virus and to …

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News March 06, 2023

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Anticipatory action in 2022: a new report coming soon

In April 2023, the Anticipation Hub will publish a new report that captures the status of anticipatory action around the world. "Anticipatory Action in 2022: a Global Overview" will be the first in …

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News March 02, 2023

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Acting early to support pastoralists affected by drought in Somalia

The Danish Refugee Council recently activated an anticipatory action mechanism to help pastoralists in Puntland, Somalia, cope with the predicted impacts of drought. Three communities will receive …

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News February 21, 2023

Early Action

Harvesting the benefits of anticipatory action

The Kenya Red Cross Society activated its EAP for Drought in October 2022, implementing a series of anticipatory actions to help people prepare for the impacts of this hazard. Four months on, the …

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News February 15, 2023

Disaster Risk Financing, Early Action

The Sectoral Community on Linking Anticipatory Action to Risk Financing releases a compendium of think pieces

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News January 31, 2023

Early Action, Health, Impact-based Forecasting, Shelter, WASH

Zambia activates its Early Action Protocol for Floods

The Zambia Red Cross Society has activated its Early Action Protocol (EAP) for Floods after receiving a forecast that floods were likely to hit 10 districts across the country. Through this …

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News January 17, 2023

Dialogue Platform

More people, more sessions and more progress at the 10th Global Dialogue Platform

The 10th edition of the Global Dialogue Platform was the biggest to date, mirroring how anticipatory action has grown since the first event was held back in 2015.

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News January 17, 2023

Dialogue Platform

Looking back at the 10th Global Dialogue Platform

The 10th Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action was the largest to date, with 40 parallel sessions, keynote addresses and plenaries. Many of these sessions are now available to …

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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

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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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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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