CRISIS LOOKOUT
The Centre convened the Crisis Lookout coalition which is calling for a smarter system for funding disasters that protects more people caught up in crisis, especially in the poorest countries.
The coalition brings together a group of expert individuals and organisations committed to bringing a step change in how the world pays for disasters. Launched in January 2021 in an open letter to G7 leaders, we announced our ambitions to:
Predict crises better by creating a new ‘Crisis Lookout’ function to increase engagement with risk information and support the prioritisation of crises globally, regionally, and nationally.
Prepare response better by agreeing to make pre-arranged finance the primary way to pay for crises, so that funding gets where it is needed faster, with greater impact.
Protect vulnerable people better by supporting an initial group of ‘pathfinder’ countries to ensure that we ‘leave no one behind’ through better prediction of, and coordinated protection from, crises.
Our messages have been delivered right to the heart of G7 discussions and are building widespread support:
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calling for more and better pre-arranged finance
UK Climate Adaptation and Resilience champion Anne-Marie Trevelyan calling for an increase to financing anticipatory action and endorsing the coalition
AXA and IDF Chairman Denis Duverne calling on industry experts to support the coalition
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COP26
Blog: Putting disaster risk at the heart of climate finance.
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G7 Solutions Paper
A blueprint that demonstrates to world leaders that change is possible.
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Statement of support
Joint Statement calling for G7 action on disaster risk finance.
Support the coalition
Together we can stop risks from becoming disasters. If you want to join and help build a truly global coalition, get in touch.