2022: the year to transform commitments on anticipatory action into practice

2021 saw increased ambition to expand and scale up this approach, to meet the needs arising from crises all over the world. There was undoubtedly progress - but now we must transform these into …

Acting ahead of Licungo floods: Tropical Storm Ana causes flooding in northern Mozambique

In anticipation of flooding, Mozambique Red Cross staff and volunteers started conducting early actions from 25 January to support 850 households (around 4,250 people) expected to be most impacted …

Testing anticipatory action for cold waves at -28°C in Tajikistan

On 21-22 January, the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan staff and volunteers with support from German Red Cross distributed family kits with non-food items to 185 households in the village of …

Early Action

Connecting anticipatory action and disaster risk reduction: perspectives from UNDRR

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) can act as a catalyst in supporting anticipatory action by helping to build preparedness capacity, embedded in a full-spectrum …

Gender & Inclusion

How can we make disaster risk financing more gender inclusive?

This blog shares insights from a study examining gender inclusion in disaster risk financing and the anticipatory action it facilitates.

Early Warning System , Forecast , Impact-based Forecasting

Developing an impact-based forecasting model within Nepal’s national disaster information management system: the BIPAD portal

This blog outlines the recent development of an impact-based forecasting module within the BIPAD portal - the national disaster information management system in Nepal.