Anticipatory action in 2022: A global overview
This report presents – for the first time – the current global scale and impact of anticipatory action. It discusses how the scope of this approach expanded in 2022 – in terms of the hazards to which it is applied, the different triggers in place, and the range of anticipatory actions being implemented. It also sets out the steps needed for this expansion to continue in the future.
This report recommends that going forward, doing ‘more of the same’ will not be sufficient. More efforts are needed, which must be informed by the lessons learned from implementations to date, alongside increased advocacy to ensure that financing and frameworks are in place to support these ambitions. There are several ways to achieve this.
- More learning and evidence to inform investments.
- A more coordinated approach to developing anticipatory action frameworks.
- Involve more local actors in anticipatory action planning, learning and development.
- Increase support for efforts to integrate anticipatory action across national and local policies, laws and frameworks.
- Incentivize greater collaboration between development, humanitarian and climate programmes.