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Green Response in Emergencies: A Practical Process Guide

01 Jul 2026
This process guide helps National Societies turn Climate and Environment commitments into practical action. Making emergency response more environmentally sustainable isn’t easy – there are lots of systems, decisions, and people involved, and it ...
Guidance material, Anticipatory action, Climate Change Adaptation, Nature-based solutions
Awareness material, Guidance material, Manual, Report

Prefinanciación de la Acción Anticipatoria: Guía práctica para las sociedades nacionales

29 Jun 2026
La acción anticipatoria está creciendo y consolidándose como un enfoque transversal en todo el Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja. A medida que las Sociedades Nacionales desarrollan más Protocolos de Acción Temprana...
Awareness material, Guidance material, Manual, Report, Anticipatory action, Business Preparedness, Disaster Risk Financing

Fortalecimiento de los Sistemas de Alerta Temprana para Todos: Evidencia y Lecciones de las Comunidades de Última Milla

29 Jan 2026
Las alertas tempranas salvan vidas, pero solo cuando llegan a tiempo, son confiables y conducen a la acción. Este informe reúne evidencia de 15 estudios en 14 países para analizar por qué los sistemas de alerta temprana (SAT) a menudo no logran t...
Anticipatory action, Climate Change Adaptation, Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness, Early Warning Systems, Public Awareness and Public Education, Urban Resilience, Women and Gender in Disaster Management

Strengthening Early Warning Systems for All: Evidence and Lessons from Last-Mile Communities

06 Jan 2026
This report synthesizes findings from 15 GDPC-supported studies across 14 countries to examine why early warnings often fail to translate into timely, protective action — particularly for last-mile communities that are geographically isolated, soci...
Anticipatory action, Climate Change Adaptation, Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness, Early Warning Systems, Public Awareness and Public Education, Urban Resilience, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
Briefs and Fact Sheets, Case Study

Localized early warning voice messages – Solutions brief

22 Aug 2025
Based on Climate Resilience Measurement for Communities (CRMC) data and community input, Practical Action identified a need for flood early warning messages to reach the most vulnerable in Faridpur District, Bangladesh. Using information from the nat...
Briefs and Fact Sheets, Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation, Early Warning Systems

Heat Action Day 2025 Project Book

01 Jul 2025
The Heat Action Day 2025 Project Book showcases photos and stories of creative activities, campaigns, and community actions from around the world aimed at raising awareness and building resilience to extreme heat. From educational workshops and tree ...
Climate Change Adaptation, Public Awareness and Public Education, Urban Resilience
Other type of resource

Call for Consultancy: Urban Heat Action Plan Evaluation

06 May 2025
Increasing heat risks combined with rapid urbanization trends, especially in Africa and Southeast Asia, and aging population trends, for example in Europe, result in a need to scale action to prevent impacts on lives, health, and wellbeing. Recognizi...
Other type of resource, Urban Resilience
Other type of resource

Call for Consultancy: Curating Urban Resilience Processes and Tools

06 May 2025
The International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent (IFRC) has started implementation of a five-year (2022-2027) Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) in Collaboration with the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) ...
Other type of resource, Urban Resilience
Case Study

Pre-Financing Anticipatory Action: Lessons Learned from the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society

28 Feb 2025
Since 2015, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has been at the forefront of anticipatory action, developing trigger models and testing early action activities for cyclones, floods, and heatwaves. By 2024, BDRCS had validated three Early Acti...
Case Study, Anticipatory action, Disaster Risk Financing
Research

Understanding evacuation behavior during cyclones: Evidence from Bangladesh

10 Feb 2025
This paper examines evacuation behaviors in response to approaching cyclones using survey data collected through face-to-face interviews with residents in coastal areas of Bangladesh. Various statistical models, including probit, panel probit, bivari...
Research, Anticipatory action, Early Warning Systems, Shelter

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