Led by the Government of the Philippines and with the assistance of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Philippines, Project LAWA is a sustainable solution which alleviates the challenges of water scarcity faced by local communities in periods of severe drought. This report summarizes the pilot implementation of LAWA and the current nationwide scale-up by the Government of the Philippines. It contains evidence from the findings of the pilot and recommendations to help inform LAWA at scale.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are disproportionately impacted by climate change. Â鶹ÊÓƵ works with governments and regional institutions to strengthen local systems and capacities to build resilience against climate impacts and other shocks.
In Eastern Africa, Â鶹ÊÓƵ implemented integrated programmes action across several sectors including increasing access to adequate, nutritious, and affordable food through functioning food systems; early and anticipatory protection from climate shocks; food and nutrition support during crises; basic social services to build human capital; livelihood support; and community infrastructure and ecosystems restoration.
This report provides an overview of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's progress in scaling up its Anticipatory Action (AA) operations, from covering 3.2 million people in 28 countries in 2022 to 4.1 million people in 36 countries in 2023.
La evaluaci¨®n descentralizada ha sido comisionada por la oficina de pa¨ªs de Â鶹ÊÓƵ en Nicaragua y se llevar¨¢ a cabo en el per¨ªodo que va de marzo a julio 2024
The Anticipatory Actions projects are dedicated to preventing and mitigating the impacts of extreme weather on the food security and nutrition of highly vulnerable communities. This initiative involves strengthening national early warning capabilities, linking systems to reach scale, and sustainable financing. By proactively addressing these elements, the project aims to create a resilient framework that safeguards vulnerable populations from the adverse effects of climate-related challenges.
This research programme explores the investments being made to make social protection a viable vehicle for disaster response in three countries that face regular large-scale climate shocks, and aims to identify the value derived, and the benefits and challenges arising.
This joint Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Action Against Hunger publication presents the impacts of El Ni?o in LAC, highlighting the emergency response and resilience activities taken to mitigate the effect of climate shocks in the region.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been an Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) Replica Partner since 2018, purchasing insurance policies in several African countries to help protect vulnerable people from climate shocks.
Ahead of the October-December 2022 rainy season, forecasts indicated that there was an increased chance of a failed rainy season in Ethiopia¡¯s Somali region. Â鶹ÊÓƵ and its partners implemented three anticipatory actions, anticipatory cash, early warning information and rangeland enclosure and fodder production.
Ahead of the October-December 2022 rainy season, forecasts indicated that there was an increased chance of a failed rainy season in Ethiopia¡¯s Somali region. Â鶹ÊÓƵ and its partners implemented three anticipatory actions, anticipatory cash, early warning information and rangeland enclosure and fodder production.
The Kyrgyz Republic is a landlocked Central Asian country with 90 percent of the territory covered by high mountains and 67 percent of the population living in rural areas.?
Despite the country¡¯s great achievement in advancing sustainable development goals, high dependence on food imports and remittances, compounded by geopolitical instabilities and climate-induced disasters, continues to threaten the economic growth and nutrition of the most vulnerable population in the country.
Check out Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s response to reaching food- and nutrition-insecure people in the Kyrgyz Republic.
To enhance the climate, financial and environmental resilience of the country¡¯s vulnerable population, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Haiti, in 2022, introduced Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s flagship integrated climate risk management approach, the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative, to address both climatic and non-climatic drivers of vulnerability in the country as part of a wider disaster risk financing strategy. Through Â鶹ÊÓƵ-supported climate risk insurance programmes, communities and smallholder farmers in the country can better cope with shocks, finance early responses after catastrophic events and expedite recovery from climate extremes
Learn how Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s R4 Rural Resilience Initiative helps farmers manage climate and disaster risks based on evidence gathered from five countries that implement an Integrated Climate Risk Management approach.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is committed to scaling up Anticipatory Action programmes and protecting more people before extreme weather events strike. This page displays the activations that occur throughout the year. It shows the number of people reached and the types of anticipatory actions being implemented in each country. These AAs aim to prevent and/or lessen the humanitarian consequences of predicted shocks, while delivering a quicker, more cost-effective, and more dignified response.
The evaluation was commissioned by Â鶹ÊÓƵ independent Office of Evaluation to provide evaluative evidence for accountability and learning to inform the design of the next country strategic plan (CSP) in the Philippines.
The Climate Risk Insurance for Livestock Farmers project strives to aid farmers in securing financial resources for purchasing fodder during scarcity, high prices, or challenging conditions like extreme drought and extended winters.
