Since 2020, over $100 million has been allocated by the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for anticipatory action in eight countries reaching 4 million people with assistance before the worst impacts of a crisis. In 2024, there were 20 active anticipatory action frameworks with an additional 17 frameworks under development for droughts, floods, storms and cholera.
The scaling of anticipatory action programmes has led to an increase in the demand for comprehensive climate data. To bring more awareness to the availability of this data, the HDX Data Grids now include a climate category. It features two sub-categories, with a third to be added in 2025.