This report presents the findings of a rigorous impact evaluation conducted by Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Office of Evaluation (OEV), in partnership with the World Bank¡¯s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) department, focused on anticipatory cash transfers in response to severe flooding in Bangladesh.
The SEWAA project, launched in 2023, uses machine learning, specifically Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (cGANs), to improve early-warning systems for extreme weather in Eastern Africa.
As humanitarian needs driven by extreme weather events continue to rise in a context of declining humanitarian funding, Anticipatory Action (AA) has never been more relevant.
This After-Action Review (AAR) examines the first joint anticipatory action (AA) activation by the Government of the Philippines ¨C through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ¨C and Â鶹ÊÓƵ, carried out ahead of Super Typhoon Uwan (Fung-wong) in November 2025.
FAO and Â鶹ÊÓƵ issue an appeal for anticipatory action at scale, seeking to protect nearly nine million people from the potential impact of a strong El Ni?o across 22 countries.
This report presents Â鶹ÊÓƵ's continued scale?up and consolidation of Anticipatory Action (AA) in 2025, protecting more than 6.3 million people across 47 countries.
As weather-related shocks become increasingly frequent and severe worldwide, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has significantly expanded
its investment in Anticipatory Action (AA) to help countries proactively manage their impact.
This policy note builds on the practical and operational experience of the World Bank and Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to offer an overview of why and how strengthening the linkages between disaster risk finance (DRF) and adaptive social protection (ASP) matters.
As the world¡¯s most disaster?prone country, the Philippines faces recurring climate shocks straining public finances, disrupt food systems, and negatively impact poor households, particularly at-risk communities. Delays in financing amplify these impacts, raise humanitarian costs and force families into harmful coping strategies that deepen food insecurity. Climate disaster risk financing and insurance (CDRFI) helps protect climate-vulnerable communities by encouraging early and proactive action, provide fast and reliable funding, and build long-term climate resilience.
On 9 February, the Anticipatory Action (AA) activation threshold (a forecast of an intense tropical cyclone passing within 100 km of the coast with wind speeds exceeding 166 km/h) was reached. This triggered the immediate release of anticipatory funding and the operational deployment of a Â鶹ÊÓƵ team to east of Madagascar.
These gender, protection and inclusion analyses were conducted to inform Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Anticipatory Action programming in Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
This factsheet showcases how Â鶹ÊÓƵ facilitated a peer-to-peer exchange between Ethiopia and Djibouti¡¯s meteorological agencies to strengthen drought forecasting and early warning systems.
