MEACAM Research Report: Connecting Information to Action

"Connecting MEACAM Early Warning Information to Anticipatory Action and Disaster Risk Reduction Interventions” explores how MEACAM’s agricultural drought and flood forecasts can be used to trigger early action interventions once integrated into an Early Action Plan (EAP) or national and regional early warning systems.

It begins with a comprehensive overview of early action and disaster risk reduction (DRR) interventions that have been implemented to mitigate the impacts of drought and flooding, and also reviews the trigger mechanisms and aid interventions specified in existing EAPs across the Middle East and globally.

The paper then proposes hypothetical early action triggers for agricultural drought and flooding—based on MEACAM’s predictive outputs—to illustrate the model’s current utility and to encourage further collaboration on refining trigger mechanisms and harmonizing data sources among aid actors in all three contexts.

Ultimately, the report provides a foundation for embedding MEACAM within humanitarian and DRR initiatives aimed at mitigating the impacts of agricultural drought and flooding in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.