The severity, scale, and complexity of disasters is increasing globally, yet the majority of crisis funding remains reactive, slow, and poorly targeted with devastating consequences for the lives & livelihoods of millions of people #COP26#anticipatoryaction
In 🇪🇹, @FAO's #AnticipatoryAction approach to controlling a #DesertLocust upsurge protected the crops of about 1⃣0⃣M people, who now have food to feed themselves for a year, & the pasture of 3⃣M pastoralists who depend on livestock for their livelihoods ⬇️ youtu.be/p8x3XJg4cyI