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22/07/2024

An Anticipatory Action approach seeks to identify multiple windows of opportunity for action throughout the duration of predictable shocks, such as drought.

12/07/2024

The Government of Germany, through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities −Anticipatory Action Window, contributed USD 900 000 to FAO's project entitled "Anticipatory Actions to cope with expected drought in Madagascar’s Bekily(Androy), Betrokaand AmboasaryAtsimo(Anosy) districts".

27/06/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as one of the leading operational organizations implementing Anticipatory Action and providing technical advice and normative guidance on corresponding approaches in the agriculture and food security sector, has embarked on a project funded by the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance of the United States Agency for International Development

18/10/2023

As the quality of climate risk information and scientific forecasting has continued to improve, the imperative to act in advance of an imminent shock in order to protect people, assets and livelihoods has also gained notable attention and increasing investment.

21/12/2023

The intensity and frequency of natural hazards and conflicts is increasing, leaving unprecedented levels of humanitarian needs.

21/12/2023

From late 2020 to early 2023, Kenya experienced a severe and prolonged drought, causing consecutive harvests to fail. Millions of animals died, which would otherwise have provided nourishment and sustained livelihoods.

11/12/2023

El Niño poses a serious threat to the food security and survival of vulnerable communities around the world.

29/11/2023

Rwanda is greatly susceptible to the impacts of climate change through its high dependence on rainfed agriculture.

22/11/2023

This study documents the outcomes of an Anticipatory Action activation implemented in the central provinces of Viet Nam ahead of Typhoon Noru, in September 2022.

03/11/2023

The latest forecasts point to a greater than 80 percent chance of El Niño continuing through March–May 2024, following declaration of the onset of El Niño conditions in early July 2023 by the World Meteorological Organization.