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.

Mapping for anticipatory action in Timor-Leste

Together with the Humanitarian OSM Team and OSM community, the Climate Centre and the Timor-Leste Red Cross Society have been mapping with local communities to provide insights into areas at risk from floods, landslides and other climate-related hazards.

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 January 12, 2023

Early Action

CERF funding supports anticipatory action for cholera in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

CERF has released 750,000 US dollars for anticipatory action for cholera in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The funding will support UNICEF, WHO and partners to provide life-saving assistance …

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News December 16, 2022

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Applications open for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action

The GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action supports the development of mobile digital technologies that help to anticipate potential humanitarian impacts and enable effective …

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News December 12, 2022

Early Action

Want to talk about drought?

A new eight-part webinar series will explore anticipatory action ahead of drought: what is being done and how others can learn from these experiences to apply this approach themselves.

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News December 05, 2022

The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society wins the 2022 Averted Disaster Award

At this year’s Understanding Risk forum, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society collected the Averted Disaster Award for its work to support vulnerable communities ahead of cyclones and floods in 2020.

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News November 22, 2022

Networks & Conferences, Scaling up

A major step forward for anticipatory action in Uganda

In November 2022, Uganda held its first National Dialogue on Anticipatory Action - a major milestone in efforts to scale up this approach across the country.

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News November 18, 2022

Early Action, Emerging Topics

Simplified Early Action Protocols: a lighter approach to anticipatory action

Nigeria recently became the first country to have its Simplified Early Action Protocol approved. This new modality is a simpler, lighter approach to anticipatory action, which aims to encourage more …

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News November 07, 2022

Advocacy, Early Action, Scaling up

A new brief examines how anticipatory action can help to minimize loss and damage

Loss and damage is expected to be a major theme at COP27. A new briefing from the Anticipation Hub explains how anticipatory action can help to reduce loss and damage, by enabling people to act …

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News November 01, 2022

Early Action, Shelter

The Philippines activates its EAP for Typhoons ahead of Tropical Storm Nalgae

The Philippine Red Cross has implemented a series of anticipatory actions ahead of Tropical Storm Nalgae striking the country.

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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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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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