The Evidence-Based Anticipatory Actions And Lessons For The Future In Nepal.

Frequent and intense extreme weather events cause significant damage and losses to people every year in Nepal. Unmanaged cities climate-induced risks environmental degradation and haphazard urbanization are the key factors that intensify disaster risks and threats to the peoples lives and livelihoods who are living in high-risk areas. Anticipating the resilience of people it is important to identify and reduce those risks and threats. Similarly it is obliged to be well prepared through implementing preparedness measures and anticipatory actions based on the weather forecast and scientific triggers with appropriate strategies that can help to mitigate the impact of disasters. Climate shocks are being increasingly severe damage and increasing humanitarian needs. Present practices in Nepal show that except for a few cases humanitarian action has been mostly responsive rather than preventive arriving after a crisis has materialized. With recent advances in forecasting humanitarian and development organizations have been able to anticipate and respond ahead of crises. This paper discusses and reviews the principles and evidence on anticipatory action taken emerging from forecast-based financing-shock responsive social protection FbA-SRSP early warning early actions and capacity building initiatives by Nepal Red Cross Society UN OCHA and WFP to the date in Nepal. Based on the evidence and learnings explores the recommendations and lessons for the future to promote anticipatory action on the way to reduce losses on the lives and livelihoods of people in Nepal.