The Asia-Pacific region has been at the forefront of the anticipatory action agenda for sudden onset hazards. Cash is rightly seen as an option to deliver effective, cost-efficient and timely assistance to vulnerable households.

This article identifies common benefits and challenges associated with anticipatory action (AA) programmes, finding that AA has built local Red Cross Red Crescent capacity, leading to more proactive operations and expedited humanitarian response.

This report explores the unique contributions of Earth observation data to anticipatory action, the development-humanitarian spectrum, the various challenges of the data’s incorporation, and a collection of guidance and best practices from experts.

This factsheet assesses anticipatory cash transfers and early warning information ahead of drought in Ethiopia. Ahead of the March-May 2021 rainy season, forecasts indicated below-average rainfall was highly likely in the Somali region.

WFP is sharing the lessons learned of its partnership with the government of Mozambique for the implementation of anticipatory actions.

This manual is designed to help users gain a basic knowledge of early warning early action, using climate information to strengthen decision making.

This article shares lessons from OCHA's anticipatory action pilots, focusing on three components: triggers, programming, and financing, and discusses the challenges in scaling up anticipatory action.

This paper examines the efficacy of Early Warning Early Action in conflict-affected countries: whether global forecast models predicted historical floods in conflict-affected regions and whether forecast information was communicated for droughts.