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February 21, 2024

Emerging Topics, Urban

Urban Settings

In an increasingly urban world, humanitarian disasters are occurring ever more frequently in cities. Innovative solutions are needed to alleviate people’s suffering and save lives – and anticipatory …

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News May 04, 2023

Early Action, Lessons Learnt, Science, Trigger Development, Urban

New briefings examine how anticipatory action works in practice

Six new briefings, published by the Anticipation Hub, explore different elements of how anticipatory action works in practice. Written by Yolanda Clatworthy, formerly of the Red Cross Red Crescent …

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February 07, 2023

Heat waves in Hanoi: how anticipatory action can help to mitigate a growing urban threat

The threats posed by rising global temperatures are increasing – and increasingly recognized. This briefing examines the role that anticipatory action can play in addressing and mitigating heat …

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August 18, 2022

Guidance note on FbF in Urban Areas - experiences and lessons

The world is urbanizing at an unprecedented rate. Today, 56.6 per cent of us – more than half of the world’s population – lives in cities, while the impacts of climate change along with limited …

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A microenterprise selling essential food and commodities. © Philippine Red Cross

Case Study, News April 04, 2022

Early Action, Urban

A new case study on relocating businesses as an urban early action in the Philippines

While most early actions implemented to date have been in rural environments, there are growing efforts to expand anticipatory action to urban settings. A new case study from the Philippine Red …

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April 04, 2022

Business relocation as an urban early action: lessons and challenges from a simulation in the Philippines

While most early actions implemented to date are set in rural environments, there are growing efforts to expand anticipatory action to urban settings. The Philippines Red Cross is among the …

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April 09, 2021

Urban climate risks and the role of social protection - short case studies

This brief gives an overview of different country case studies where social protection (SP) systems have been used to address risks arising from climate-related hazards in urban spaces. It also …

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News April 08, 2021

Urban

Unveiling low-cost anticipatory actions for cities

The recently launched Urban Action Kit offers possible solutions to the humanitarian community wishing to start or strengthen their urban engagement. The Kit contains a light introduction to urban …

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March 29, 2021

Urban climate risks and the role of social protection

This brief gives an overview of the different climate-related hazards that urban spaces are at risk from and explains why social protection (SP) can be effective in addressing these risks. This is …

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April 20, 2020

2020 Global Report on Food Crises

The 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises describes the scale of acute hunger in the world. It provides an analysis of the drivers that are contributing to food crises across the globe, …

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Emerging Topics, Urban

Urban Settings

Early Action, Lessons Learnt, Science, Trigger Development, Urban

New briefings examine how anticipatory action works in practice

Heat waves in Hanoi: how anticipatory action can help to mitigate a growing urban threat

Guidance note on FbF in Urban Areas - experiences and lessons

Early Action, Urban

A new case study on relocating businesses as an urban early action in the Philippines

Business relocation as an urban early action: lessons and challenges from a simulation in the Philippines

Urban climate risks and the role of social protection - short case studies

Urban

Unveiling low-cost anticipatory actions for cities

Urban climate risks and the role of social protection

2020 Global Report on Food Crises