Panel details

Panel organiser(s) will be presenting	In-Person & Online
Number of paper presentations	10
Location	Istanbul

Abstract

The increasing prevalence and severity of extreme weather events and climate-related calamities, linked to ongoing climatic variations, are reshaping the humanitarian landscape. These impacts add complexity to the sector’s transformation, where efforts to improve localization and decolonization challenge traditional humanitarian models.
This panel will examine the structural and operational challenges humanitarian actors face in responding to climate-driven emergencies, including the need for increased agility in addressing local needs, gaps in understanding the associations between climate change and health impacts, and how disasters exacerbate health vulnerabilities . A central focus is the need for taking anticipatory action—interventions informed by predictive analytics and early warnings that aim to mitigate impacts before disasters strike.
This panel will also explore whose knowledge informs humanitarian action, recognizing that privileging external data over local, indigenous, and experiential knowledge can limit the effectiveness and relevance of climate responses. Drawing on front line perspectives, humanitarian programming, and interdisciplinary research, this panel will highlight innovative practices, adaptations to response mechanisms and cross-sector collaborations that enable earlier, agile, targeted, and more effective responses. It will critically reflect on acting in advance of crises or designing mechanisms that promote localized responses as well as pathways for integrating anticipatory approaches within broader humanitarian systems.
This session invites practitioners, researchers and policymakers to engage in a forward-looking dialogue on climate adaptation and humanitarian innovation in the face of escalating global risk.

Paper presentations