Since 2019, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been working with the Government of Mozambique to introduce anticipatory actions based on a forecast-based financing mechanism. Mozambique is improving its forecast systems to anticipate climate shocks and to prepare the Government and communities. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is sharing the lessons learned of its partnership with the Government for the implementation of anticipatory actions.
Bolstering nationally owned anticipatory systems to reduce climate impacts on food security
Climate extremes are a key driver of food insecurity. Traditional humanitarian response systems need to evolve from crisis response to forward-looking risk management. Recognizing the urgency of the problem, Â鶹ÊÓƵ works with governments in Latin America and the Caribbean that are investing in early warning systems to better anticipate and respond to hazards.
This study includes an overview of indigenous knowledge system indicators for climate forecasting in these districts, as well as key recommendations on using climate-related indigenous knowledge services to support anticipatory action in Zimbabwe.
As the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events rise, more needs to be done to anticipate, mitigate and prevent their impact on the food security of the world¡¯s most vulnerable people. To support this innovative approach, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is working with national and sub-national governments across southern Africa to strengthen and link national early warning systems with Anticipatory Action Plans (AAPs) and prearranged finance with the principal aim of saving lives, livelihoods, and costs from recurrent climate shocks. This brochure outlines Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s work on anticipatory action in Southern Africa.
The objective of the document is to provide an overview of existing partnerships in Zimbabwe to anticipate and address the impacts of drought. It also presents a summary of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s capacity strengthening of the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) and of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s collaboration with district anticipatory action Technical Working Groups (TWGs) in the development of anticipatory action plans and implementation of anticipatory actions. It also explains the activation in Mudzi and what is needed looking forward.
In the MENA region, Anticipatory action is rapidly gaining momentum. This report summarizes the findings of a Â鶹ÊÓƵ-commissioned project that establishes a baseline of AA capacities and experiences in the MENA region.
This document seeks to offer practical guidance and examples for monitoring and evaluating anticipatory actions for slow and fast-onset hazards. It helps to answer the overarching question does Anticipatory Action (AA) make a difference to reduce or mitigate the impacts on affected populations, reaching them effectively and on time.
The climate crisis is one of the main drivers of global hunger. Anticipatory action is critical in saving lives and livelihoods, and helping communities adapt. This brochure outlines Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s work on forecast-based financing in East Africa.
An impact evaluation by the Center for Disaster Protection (CDP) finds that Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Forecast-based Financing programme had a substantial positive impact on the beneficiaries¡¯ food security, asset loss and damage, and overall wellbeing.
This document seeks to offer practical guidance and examples for monitoring and evaluating anticipatory actions for drought, helping to answer the overarching question of ¡°Does drought Forecast-based Financing (FbF) make a difference?¡± to reduce or mitigate the impacts on affected populations.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ and ODI review the evidence base on Anticipatory Action (AA) and conclude that to achieve an effective scale up of the approach and ensure Anticipatory Action achieves the intended changes on both disaster response systems and people¡¯s vulnerability and resilience to climate change, robust empirical data and a strong monitoring, evaluation and learning agenda are necessary.
This report presents the main results of a return on investment analysis as part of the effort to build evidence and analyse the benefits of investing in forecast-based anticipatory action in Nepal and other disaster-prone countries.
Forecast-based Financing enables anticipatory actions for disaster mitigation at the community and government level using credible seasonal and weather forecasts. With climate change acting as a risk multiplier, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is strengthening this work with investments in Forecast-based Financing and anticipatory action across Asia, Africa and Latin America.
