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Blog by Pranav Dahal on the first ever Disaster Hackathon organised by FOREWARN Nepal.

The January 2025 risk bulletin highlights several new or emerging situations including in Zambia, Angola, Moldova, Yemen and Guatemala - ranging from disease outbreak to the risks of displacement.

Held on July 25-26, 2024, in Islamabad, the Assembly gathered 98 participants from various national and international organizations to review and strategize READY Pakistan’s evolution.

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…

In the second Start Ready risk pool, Start Network provided protection to 685,619 people in 7 countries, from 11 climate risks.

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.

In late 2022, the Famine Review Committee identified a risk of famine for several population groups in the Bay region of Somalia. The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Replica funds were consequently released in March 2023 when pre-agreed thresholds indicated rainfall deficits, drought, and worsening food insecurity. In total, 3.38 million USD was released from ARC Replica, and was supplemented with 891,800 USD from Start Ready.

It was an eventful start, with 6 heatwave activations in Pakistan within the first two days of the risk pool going live.

This handbook is aimed at Start Network members (and their partners), the Start Ready Committee and Start Network staff (including Start Programmes staff hosted by Grant Custodian(s)). Other stakeholders such as donors and partners can also access it for information purposes. The handbook is regularly reviewed by the Start Ready team who work with various Start Network teams to update the handbook as needed.

In humanitarian and disaster response efforts, LGBTQIA+ individuals are among the most vulnerable yet least visible