Forecasting hazards, averting disasters

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Table 2  Examples of scaling up FbA 

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Table A1  List of FbA initiatives reviewed 

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Table A2  Selected FbA pilots 

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Table A3  List of key informants 

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Table A4  Glossary of FbA concepts 

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Figures

Figure 1    Map showing FbA initiatives and short descriptions of selected pilots 

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Figure 2    Triggering system for El Niño impacts across Peru 

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Figure 3    The interaction of climate-related hazards, vulnerability and exposure of human and natural systems 

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Figure 4    FbA, early response and late response in the case of droughts and cyclones 

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Figure 5    Illustration of possible outcomes of forecast-based early action 

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Acronyms

ACAPS 

Assessment Capacities Project

ARC 

African Risk Capacity

ARDIS 

African and Asian Resilience in Disaster Insurance Scheme

DFID 

UK Department for International Development