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This study uses the ASPIRE tool to evaluate the readiness and effectiveness of social protection systems in Pakistan, identifying gaps and opportunities to improve anticipatory measures and climate resilience.
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This report documents an anticipatory action programme in Indonesia's in Nusa Tenggara Timur province, triggered in March 2023, by predictions that the 2023 dry season would arrive earlier, with less much rainfall than usual.
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Somalia’s prolonged humanitarian crisis is marked by recurrent climate shocks like droughts and floods. WFP implements Integrated risk management tools like anticipatory action to mitigate the impact of these shocks.
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This report examines the financial protocols of five multilateral and non-governmental AA financing mechanisms (AA funds) that finance anticipatory interventions.
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This publication investigates how Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) can affect risk perception and provoke behavior changes.
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This paper explores good-practice approaches to implementing anticipatory action in the Pacific.
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Mountain risks are embedded in the specific natural, cultural, social and economic contexts of mountains, which call for local knowledge and livelihood options that can adapt to and reduce exposure to these risks.
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This report lays out a comprehensive DRF framework for the humanitarian community to tackle the challenges of the humanitarian funding gap and the climate crisis while building up organizational capacity on risk-informed approaches and climate adaptation.

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