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Toolkit for anticipatory action in fragile, conflict- and violence-affected settings

05 May 2025
This toolkit brings together hands-on resources to support practitioners in implementing conflict-sensitive, effective, and sustainable anticipatory action in fragile, conflict- and violence-affected (FCV) contexts. The toolkit was developed by the R...
Guidance material, Anticipatory action, Fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV)
Guidance material

Qualitative Guide to run Focus Group Discussions (FGD) with communities and local authorities on Early Warning Systems

17 Mar 2025
This tool provides structured guidance for conducting focus group discussions (FGDs) with communities and local authorities to assess the effectiveness, inclusivity, and trustworthiness of Early Warning Systems (EWS). Part of the IFRC’s Enhanced Vu...
Guidance material, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems
Guidance material

Communication Landscape Analysis Tool for Early Warning Systems

17 Mar 2025
This tool is designed to help practitioners identify the most trusted and accessible communication channels and sources within communities, with the goal of strengthening the reach and effectiveness of Early Warning Systems (EWS). It provides step-by...
Guidance material, Early Warning Systems
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
Guidance material, Report

Pre-Financing Anticipatory Action: A Practical Guide for National Societies

28 Feb 2025
Anticipatory action is expanding and being mainstreamed across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. As National Societies add more Early Action Protocols (EAPs) and scale up their anticipatory action programming, developing an anticipatory action pre...
Guidance material, Report, Anticipatory action, Disaster Risk Financing

Double Jeopardy: Addressing compound flood and heatwave events

20 Feb 2025
Compound events, such as floods and heatwaves occurring in close succession or simultaneously, can interact in a way that creates more severe outcomes than if they occurred both individually, as multiple stressors can exceed the coping capacity of a ...
Flood, Heat Wave, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Assessment or evaluation, Case Study

Case Study: Zambia Floods Early Action Protocol Activation

21 Jan 2025
This case study highlights the Zambia Red Cross Society’s (ZRCS) activation of its Early Action Protocol (EAP) for riverine floods in January 2023. Developed with support from the Netherlands Red Cross, the EAP uses predictive tools like GloFAS...
Assessment or evaluation, Case Study, Anticipatory action
Briefs and Fact Sheets, Case Study

Preparedness for winter weather and response by National Societies in Europe and Central Asia

13 Jan 2025
This briefing note outlines common winter weather hazards experienced across Europe and Central Asia, and the ways in which National Societies are preparing for and responding to them. It also provides insights into how the changing climate is influe...
Briefs and Fact Sheets, Case Study, Anticipatory action, Cold wave / dzud, Public Awareness and Public Education
Report

Under the weather: Stories from communities on the front lines of climate and health adaptation

13 Dec 2024
The health impacts of climate change are happening now. This report tells the stories of communities in three countries across Africa. Burkina Faso, Malawi and Somalia were chosen because they are among the African countries most vulnerable to climat...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Awareness material, Briefs and Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP)

11 Dec 2024
The Coastal City Resilience and Extreme Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) Fact Sheet outlines the progress and objectives of this initiative led by the IFRC with funding from USAID/BHA and technical support from the American Red Cross and the RCRC Climate...
Awareness material, Briefs and Fact Sheets, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Engagement and Accountability, Flood, Heat Wave, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience

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