Anticipatory action reduces the impacts of disasters, saving people's lives and livelihoods. Learning, cooperation and partnerships - between practitioners, scientists and policy-makers - are essential for scaling up this approach to more countries and to cover more hazards.
This video was launched at the High-level Humanitarian Event on Anticipatory Action, held on 9 September 2021 and hosted by UNOCHA, the Federal Foreign Office in Germany and the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. It includes inputs from practitioners, scientists and policymakers around the world, who explain why learning, coordination and partnerships are important for their work on anticipatory action.
Speakers in the video include:
• Dr. Shanna McClain, Global Partnerships Manager and Resilience Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Mr. Jânio Dambo, Early Action Coordinator, Mozambique Red Cross (CVM)
• Mr. Julio Rainimananjanahary, Technical Coordinator, Forecast-based Action Madagascar, Welthungerhilfe
• Ms. Emmah Mwangi, Doctoral Researcher, University of Sussex
• Ms. Claudia Herrera, Executive Secretary, CEPREDENAC (Coordination Center for the Prevention of Disasters in Central America and the Dominican Republic)
• Ms. Ana Marie Dizon, FOREWARN Coordinator Philippines, START Network
• Mr. Ben Webster, Head, Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP)
• Ms. Maurine Ambani, Forecast-based Financing Regional Coordinator, World Food Programme (WFP) Eastern Africa
You can read more about the UNOCHA event here:
www.unocha.org/high-level-humanitarian-event-anticipatory-action-commitment-act-ahead-crises
The Anticipation Hub strategy is available here:
www.anticipation-hub.org/anticipation-hub-strategy-2021-2024
