A partnership for urgent change
Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) brings together an unprecedented range of stakeholders across the climate, development, humanitarian and hydrometeorological communities, with the aim of getting ahead of disasters.
OUR VISION
People are resilient to the climate crisis because risk-informed early action is taken wherever and whenever needed.
OUR MISSION
REAP unites governments and organizations working across all aspects of early warnings and early action, actively connecting diverse actors and initiatives to make sense of the complex ecosystems that enable early action, build coherence and complementarity of efforts, and enable partners to collectively scale resilient systems for risk-informed early action.
IN PRACTICE
Convening with purpose: REAP identifies Partners and other diverse sets of stakeholders who can benefit from each other’s knowledge, experience, and expertise, and convenes them in discussions on areas of common interest. REAP uses its mandate to bring actors together.
Fostering a community of changemakers: The Partnership brings together a wide range of expertise and experience, offers Partners curated insights into international negotiations, innovative programmes and projects, cutting-edge research, and collaboration opportunities.
Bridging differences and co-creating knowledge: Through discussion and exchange, REAP enables Partners to build a deeper understanding of how different sectors and organizations think about and approach early warning and early action. The knowledge products produced by the Partnership are always based on needs identified by the partners.
Increasing collective influence: Advocating for more and better risk-informed early action in solidarity with climate-vulnerable countries is a Vital part of our collective work. Advocacy positions held by the partnership are always based on the collective Wisdom of our partners and seek to amplify the work that our partners are already doing.
Connecting with and strengthening ongoing initiatives: As well as pursuing the partnership’s specific goals, reap aims to strengthen sister initiatives where possible—Because we all need to work together to bring risk-informed early action to scale. REAP aims to connect similar or complementary efforts to increase our collective impact.
What do we mean by risk-informed early action?
Risk-informed early action is a broad term but, at its core, it means using available information on risks and hazards to make decisions and take action before disasters happen.
Achieving this requires many elements to work together, including forecasts and warnings; government policies and processes; pre-arranged finance and plans; reliable communication systems; and communities who trust and are able to act on warnings when they arrive—and all of this underpinned by sustainable investment.