20 October 2021

Building Blocks Resource Bank Launch - members only

Start Network has grouped together the processes that NGOs have established for humanitarian anticipatory action and disaster risk financing under a framework called Building Blocks.   Read more...

12 October 2021

The climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis: Challenges and responses of local action to environmental displacement in Central America and Mexico

The humanitarian sector is being heavily impacted by more frequent and more severe crises as a result of climate change. It is estimated that by 2050 1.6 billion people will be exposed to heatwaves and by 2030 147 million people will be affected by floods. For Latin America and specifically for the Mesoamerican region, droughts have increased and other disasters as a consequence of climate change have resulted in increased displacement, migration, food insecurity, and deaths. Unfortunately, the humanitarian sector remains reactive, slow, and centralised, hindering effective and efficient responses to crises.   Read more...

06 October 2021

Global FOREWARN Meeting Q3 2021 - Flooding

Start Network Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing team is pleased to invite you to the October FOREWARN Community meeting - with a focus on flooding. We will focus on the Start Fund experience of anticipating flooding, as well as Disaster Risk Finance work in Pakistan and FOREWARN community members' flooding work, tools and experiences.   Read more...