Conflict, Early Warning System

Lessons from a regional workshop on fragile, conflict-affected and violent settings in Asia-Pacific

Compound risk, Conflict, Scaling up

Exploring conflict dynamics and anticipatory action in Somalia

In Somalia, the interplay between conflict and climatic shocks has exacerbated people’s vulnerabilities in many regions. In response to these challenges, the Somali Red Crescent Society held a …

Scaling up

Training in anticipatory action for national-level stakeholders in the Maldives

A workshop on anticipatory action in the Maldives identified ways to establish this approach within the national system for disaster risk management, while drawing inspiration from traditional …

Dialogue Platform, Networks & Conferences

The 1st South Asia Dialogue Platform takes place in Sri Lanka

The 1st South Asia Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 10 to 11 September. This will be followed by the Sri Lanka National Dialogue …

Networks & Conferences, Scaling up

Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority establishes a National Coordination Forum on Anticipatory Action

Pakistan's new National Coordination Forum on Anticipatory Action will support the development and implementation of anticipatory action systems in the country.

GIS & Mapping

Simulating anticipatory actions as part of disaster management: MapEx 2024

The 18th edition of MapEx was recently held in the UK. For the first time, the imagined scenario – a cyclone in Madagascar – included major anticipatory action components.

Early Action, Lessons Learnt, Trigger Development

Integrating anticipatory action into contingency plans: lessons from Somaliland

The Somali Red Crescent Society recently developed a contingency plan that integrated anticipatory action. This blog shares some of the lessons and challenges from this process.

Earth Observation, GIS & Mapping, Impact-based Forecasting, Networks & Conferences, Science

Artificial intelligence and anticipatory action: a conversation – part 1

In part one of this two-part blog, Karen Dall and Vitus Benson discuss the use of AI in climate risk mitigation and anticipatory action, exploring what AI is and how it might be relevant for these …