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How we can better incorporate gender principles in short-term humanitarian programming.

Reflecting on the recent report from the High-Level Panel on Closing the Crisis Protection Gap, our policy experts Lorna Wightman and Myriam Castaneda Solares share key takeaways and the way forward.

The Start Fund monthly Risk Bulletin 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. Start Network members interested in raising an anticipatory alert for any of the risks highlighted in the bulletin can email startfund@startprogrammes.org for further guidance.

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.

H&M Foundation has announced a significant investment of €660,000 to support Start Network’s flagship disaster risk financing programme, Start Ready.

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…

Start Ready was designed to be one of the practical ways that civil society can more effectively address loss and damage caused by climate change.

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.

The Start Fund monthly risk briefing reports on new, emerging or deteriorating situations. 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. April's Risk Brief includes entries on conflict in Mozambique, extreme heat in Southeast Asia, electoral tensions in Chad and Venezuela, and flooding in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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.