Southasiadisasters.net Issue No. 231, April 2026

As Mihir R. Bhatt notes, “In a world where risks are increasingly known in advance, acting early is no longer an option—it is a responsibility and financial prudence for all those who are fortunate to not be affected.”

The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), with support from the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP), is pleased to announce the release of the latest issue of Southasiadisasters.net titled “Early Warning! Early Action! Early Finance?”

This special issue brings together field experiences and global reflections on anticipatory action, climate resilience, humanitarian preparedness, and risk-informed finance. It highlights the need to connect early warning with practical early action and timely finance for communities most at risk.

Drawing on discussions from HNPW 2026, the issue features articles on extreme heat, avoidable deaths, transport workers, small businesses, mutual aid, urban cooling, loss and damage, and anticipatory finance.

The issue calls for stronger alignment between early warning, early action, and early finance to reduce avoidable losses and protect livelihoods in a warming world at the upcoming London Climate Action Week 2026.

In this issue, readers will find nine articles:

1. Early Warning! Early Action! Early Finance? – Why Acting Early Matters Now More Than Ever
   By Gavin White, Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) Secretariat, and Mihir R. Bhatt, AIDMI, India
2. Avoidable Heat Deaths: Turning Forecasts into Early Action
   By Vishal Pathak, AIDMI, India, and Professor Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett, Avoidable Deaths Network, UK
3. From Early Warning to Early Action: Building Capacity Among Transportation Workers
   By Mahendra Rana and Grace George, AIDMI, India
4. Financing Heat Resilience: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What is Missing
   By Harakh Patel and Vishal Pathak, AIDMI, India
5. Extreme Heat, Displacement, and Livelihoods: Rethinking Humanitarian Readiness in a Warming World
   By Pallavi Rathod and Kalpesh Prajapati, AIDMI, India
6. Mutual Aid in Humanitarian Action: Recognising the Power of Community Solidarity
   By Aysha Imam, AIDMI, India
7. Cooling Livelihoods: Strengthening Urban Heat Resilience for Small Businesses in India
   By Vaishali Tiwari and Rohan Trivedi, AIDMI, India
8. Extreme Heat, Loss and Damage, and the Urgency of Avoidable Deaths
   By Prof. Anil Gupta, ICARS, India, and Vishal Pathak, AIDMI, India
9. From Warning to Financing Protection, From Systems to People
   By Mihir R. Bhatt, AIDMI, India