Session title: Anticipatory Action in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Delivering the Humanitarian Reset
Organizer(s): Members of the Anticipatory Action Task Force (Anticipation Hub, FAO, OCHA, Red Cross Red Crescent - Climate Centre & IFRC, Start Network, WFP, Welthungerhilfe)
12 Mar 26 14:00-15:30
UTC+1 (Salle Geneva)
Anticipatory Action (AA) is a practical and proven way to deliver on the Humanitarian Reset’s call for a more preventive, efficient, and locally led humanitarian system. This interactive hybrid session will explore how AA operates in fragile and conflict-affected settings, where predictable climate shocks intersect with conflict, displacement, and economic instability. Through lightning presentations, a moderated panel, live polling, and participant Q&A, the session will showcase examples from Somalia, Afghanistan, Haiti, Niger, and Yemen; address common misconceptions; and identify solutions to challenges such as data gaps, access and other operational constraints. Participants will collectively identify priority enablers for scaling AA in FCAS between 2026–2030. The session targets practitioners, donors, UN agencies, NGOs, and policy actors with varied levels of familiarity with AA.
Mr. Nohoum Maiga, Director General, Mali Red Cross Mr. Aneel Memon, Emergency Programme, Cash Expert, FAO Somalia Ms. Anna Lena Huhn, Global Lead on Anticipatory Action, Danish Refugees Council, and Co-Chair, Global WG on AA for Displacement Mr. Mark Weegmann, Start Ready Manager