HNPW 2026: DELTA Resilience: Enabling the use of disaster impact data for risk-informed, inclusive & climate-resilient humanitarian action

Time

14:00 - 15:30 CET

Background

As climate-related hazards intensify, humanitarian needs continue to grow - disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable. Making humanitarian action truly risk-informed, anticipatory and inclusive requires stronger and more systematic use of disaster impact data.

At Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) 2026, UNDRR, together with partners, will showcase how DELTA Resilience - jointly supported by UNDP and WMO - strengthens national disaster data ecosystems and enables the use of losses, damages and human impact data to support humanitarian decision-making.

Session objectives

The session will highlight how disaster impact data can be used to:

• Inform anticipatory action through impact-based triggers
• Strengthen impact-based forecasting and risk models
• Identify high-risk and marginalised population groups
• Identify and assess effectiveness of early actions

Drawing on practical country use cases and collaboration with the Netherlands and German Red Cross and the  Climate Centre, the discussion will demonstrate how historical impact data can directly inform preparedness, early warning, anticipatory action and inclusive recovery planning.

Who should join? 

Humanitarian and development practitioners, DRM and civil protection authorities, climate and technical agencies, anticipatory action partners, donors and organisations working on climate resilience and disaster risk reduction.

Speakers

• Marc van den Homberg, scientific Lead from the 510 Data Initiative of the Netherlands Red Cross and Professor on the Princess Margriet Chair Data for disaster resilience at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation/ITC, University of Twente
• Khader Nur Mohamed, National DRR focal Point, Somalia Disaster Management Authority, Federal Republic of SomaliaAuthorityFederal Republi of Somalia
• Sandro Pantua, Anticipatory Action Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Philippines  

• Karen Dall, Technical advisor for anticipatory action, German Red Cross/ Anticipation Hub.

• Irene Amuron, Head of Anticipatory Action, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

• Mohamad Diab, Head of Early Warning, Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management, Syria Arab Republic

• Iria Touzon Calle, Programme Management Officer (UNDRR Bonn)

• Moderated by Ms. Loretta Hieber-Girardet Director of Risk Knowledge Branch. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)