Forecast-based financing

Drawing on case studies from Ecuador, Kenya, Mongolia and Viet Nam, this briefing explores the mechanisms that set up these science–humanitarian partnerships for success, and some of the shared benefits they deliver.

This briefing provides an overview of the co-benefits of forecast-based financing (FbF) and anticipatory action, such as emerging successes and positive impacts associated with forecast-based financing interventions.

The aim of the research paper is to examine the role of anticipatory action in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify best practices and lessons learned from the implementation of measures in response to Cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh in 2020.

​​Anticipatory action plans include a trigger mechanism, developed according to an impact-based forecasting approach, that translates the expected hazard event and its potential impacts into technical and actionable interventions.

An in-depth analysis of the policy enabling environment for early action in Fiji.  

This report provides a snapshot of early warning early action commitment, investment and activity over the previous year.

​​​​​​​Anticipatory action requires a shift in the humanitarian mindset. The Anticipation Hub is assembling the evidence.