Use of Risk Analytics to Identify People in Need and Trigger SRSP to Support Anticipatory Action
The session will share new developments of the ECHO project on FbF and SRSP in the ASEAN region, drawing on experiences from the Philippines, Myanmar, and Cambodia. The session will focus on recent experiences to accelerate the use of climate risk data and strengthened early warning systems to trigger anticipatory action through SRSP mechanisms.
Social protection is increasingly recognized as a crucial approach to support vulnerable communities and households in coping with multiple types of shocks, including climate change and conflict. However, disasters remain a risk factor for poverty eradication efforts by widening inequalities among people and furthermore have the potential to negatively affect lives and livelihoods of communities at risk