Earth Observation

Identifying needs and opportunities for Earth observations in anticipatory action

Earth observation technologies can help to simplify, justify or improve anticipatory action programmes – and may even provide opportunities for triggers that have not yet been considered.

Early Action

Bangladesh

Anticipatory action in Bangladesh

Early Action, Early Warning System, Future leaders

From early warning to early action: inspiring & empowering the next generation

This blog unpicks the challenges and opportunities for young professionals to support in translating early warning into early action as identified in a recent webinar by the Water Youth Network, the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

New IFRC communications resources help to explain anticipatory action

The IFRC has developed a suite of communications resources to help explain and clarify how anticipatory action works in practice. Launched on World Meteorological Day 2022, these resources are now …

Livelihoods

Protecting children through anticipatory action based on Household Economy Analysis

Anticipatory action is only possible when an appropriate system is in place: for using data and forecasting information, analysing risks and predicting the impacts. Household Economy Analysis is a …