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Dubbed the ‘Finance COP’, the expectations for this year’s conference were significant. Start Network’s engagement in the lead up to and during COP29 reflected our values as a system change organisation.

The October 2024 Start Fund Risk Bulletin highlights new and emerging crises, including abnormal heat affecting Libya, Algeria and Mali, a forecast spike in the dengue outbreak affecting countries across Central and South America, an update on La Niña risk as ahead of the forecast entering of conditions…

The Start Fund monthly risk briefing reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations; therefore, ongoing events that are considered to be unchanged are not featured and risks that are beyond the scope and scale of the Start Fund are also not featured. It is collated by the Start Network Anticipation and Risk Financing team using information from academia and research institutes, government departments, ACAPS, global risk indexes, risk information provided by Start Members and their partners, and the media. Key risks are shared and collated each month with FOREWARN input.

This Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2024 session, ‘Anticipatory Action and Disaster Risk Management: Impact, Opportunities, and Way Forward’ unpacked the role of anticipatory action in disaster risk management, and how different stages of the crisis management cycle interact and can positively reinforce one another to have more timely, adequate and dignified responses.

Cyclone Freddy, the longest-lasting and most powerful cyclone ever recorded, hit Madagascar on 21-22nd of February 2023, and reemerged on the 5th of March, becoming the third deadliest in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Start Fund Risk Brief reports on new, emerging or deteriorating humanitarian situations across the globe. March's Risk Brief includes entries on the risk of severe flooding across East Africa, dengue outbreaks in Latin America and the Caribbean, extreme heat in Sri Lanka and India, and food insecurity in Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste.

The Start Fund monthly risk briefing outlines new, emerging or deteriorating humanitarian risks relevant to the Start Fund collated by the Start Network Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing team. The brief this month features risks linked with El Niño including flooding in Peru, wildfires in northern South America and drought in the Philippines, alongside disease outbreak risk in DR Congo and Congo, and complex humanitarian situation at the Colombia-Ecuador border.

The monthly risk briefing reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations; therefore, ongoing events that are considered to be unchanged are not featured and risks that are beyond the scope and scale of the Start Fund are also not featured. It is collated by the Start Network Anticipation and Risk Financing team using information from academia and research institutes, government departments, ACAPS, global risk indexes, risk information provided by Start Members and their partners, and the media. Key risks are shared and collated each month with FOREWARN input.

As the climate emergency continues to pose worldwide challenges, millions in communities vulnerable to hazards will be increasingly impacted in the aftermath of disasters unless further tangible disaster risk reduction steps are taken.

An overview of the Start Fund pilot in Madagascar to anticipate cyclones