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Strengthening partnerships between science and practice for anticipatory action

Good news for anticipatory action: the Water@Reading research group has received an Earth Observations for the Sustainable Development Goals 2021 award. Read more.

Regional Workshop: Disaster Early Warning Systems for Early Action based on Forecast based Financing (FbF)

The event will showcase results from the Forecast based Preparedness Action (ForPAC) project which aimed to improve forecasts of extreme rainfall, flooding and drought, by co-producing new forecast …

• Blog

Does cash assistance make a difference before floods Evidence from Bangladesh

A quantitative study on anticipatory actions taken in 2020 confirms several positive effects, but also shows some unexpected results. Read more.

• News

How local governments allocated funding for anticipatory action in the Philippines

A new case study explores how strong collaborations between Philippines Red Cross and government stakeholders paved the way for Local Government Units in the Philippines to allocate government …

• News

Funding disaster response what needs to change

Kara Siahaan, head of the Anticipation Hub, was a panellist at the COP26 session ‘COP out or radically change the way the world pays for disasters’, organised by Devex in partnership with DAI and …

• Other

Start Ready (by Start Network)

Start Ready builds on the Start Network’s experience in developing locally-led systems that enable frontline humanitarians to access early, predictable disaster risk finance. Read more

• Evaluation

WHH – MDG Evaluation de déclenchement 2021

Ce document se concentre sur l’évaluation post-déclenchement d’un événement unique répondant à la question principale si le modèle représentait la réalité et si la prévision était exploitable et …

• Evaluation

WHH – MDG Trigger Evaluation 2021

This document focuses on the evaluation of a single-event post trigger evaluation answering the main question if the model depicted reality and if the forecast was actionable and answers questions …

• Manual / Guideline

WMO Guidelines on Multi-hazard Impact-based Forecast and Warning Services - Part II: Putting Multi-hazard IBFWS into Practice

The guidance provides practical information and case studies on how to move from weather forecasts and warnings issued by National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to the provision of …

9th Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action - Virtual Edition: 7th – 9th December 2021

THEME: Meeting the challenges of future crises: Protecting lives and livelihoods with anticipatory action Elaborating on last year’s focus on the expansion of the application of anticipatory …