Context:

• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has initiated an Anticipatory Action and Response Plan to address the potential impacts of the ongoing El Nino climate phenomenon on vulnerable populations. 

Anticipatory Action and Response Plan Plan for El Niño Risk Reduction

• With the World Meteorological Organization forecasting the continuation of El Nino until April 2024, the plan aims to mitigate risks in 34 at-risk countries, focusing on Eastern and Southern Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

What is the Anticipatory Action and Response Plan?

• Urgent Funding Needs: The Anticipatory Action and Response Plan requires nearly $160 million urgently to support over 4.8 million people through March 2024.
• Vulnerable Regions Targeted: The plans prioritized 34 countries based on historical El Nino impacts, seasonal climate forecasts, and vulnerabilities, the plan addresses regions in Eastern and Southern Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
• The plan covers two critical time frames: preventive actions and immediate responses to El Nino-induced devastation.
• Objectives of the Anticipatory Action and Response Plan:
  • The Anticipatory Action and Response Plan focuses on three key objectives:
    • Mitigating disaster impacts through anticipatory actions.
    • Capitalizing on positive spillover effects and offsetting losses.
    • Delivering early response in the aftermath of El Nino devastation.

News Source: DTE