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Seasonal calendar


First interactive calendar that displays seasonal events occurring in more than 90 countries during a typical year, at both national and subnational levels.

The interface below provides information on major seasonal hazards such as floods, droughts, cyclones, disease outbreaks, and crop pests, including locusts. It offers details about crops’ growth cycles and lean seasons for the main crops cultivated in each country.

 

 

The data is available for download, allowing users to create customised products by incorporating additional information or selecting different visualisation methods.

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Why is this useful?

 

The ACAPS Seasonal Calendar is a strategic disaster risk management tool designed for humanitarian practitioners and decision makers. It can help take into account seasonal hazards, seasonal events, and agricultural cycles more effectively to inform:

 

 

  • Risk and anticipatory analysis, including scenario-building exercises
     
  • Emergency preparedness, such as the design and implementation of early warning systems, contingency planning, and anticipatory action
     
  • Resilient livelihood programmes by informing the design of the intervention modalities based on the level of risk and anticipated needs triggered by seasonal events
     
  • Disaster impact assessment by helping to estimate the impact of a disaster on the livelihoods of the exposed communities, taking crops’ growth cycles into account
     
  • Emergency response programmes by enabling the anticipation of physical access constraints and informing early recovery initiatives. 

Methodology

The calendar is based on publicly available information, including reports from international and local humanitarian organisations, international and local media, social media platforms, UN agencies, and official government websites. When determining the data to include in the dataset, analytical judgment was applied. The information was verified through data triangulation, using multiple sources when necessary.

 

The calendar focuses on countries currently facing a humanitarian crisis according to the INFORM Severity Index.

 

Subnational data is provided for countries with varying seasonal patterns at the subnational level; for countries with consistent seasonal patterns, only national-level data is displayed.

 

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Analysis products
on Seasonal calendar

La Niña overview: anticipated humanitarian impact in 2024–2025

18 September 2024

La Niña overview: anticipated humanitarian impact in 2024–2025

DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB

This report provides a global overview of the anticipated humanitarian impact of La Niña between September 2024 and February 2025, aiming to support strategic planning and anticipatory action in the humanitarian sector.

Anticipatory analysisAudioNatural hazards
El Niño overview: anticipated humanitarian impact in 2024

06 February 2024

El Niño overview: anticipated humanitarian impact in 2024

DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB

This report provides a global overview of El Niño-related hazards anticipated between January–June 2024 and their consequent humanitarian impacts, aiming to support strategic planning and anticipatory action. The report focuses on areas where additional humanitarian needs are likely to be observed.

Anticipatory analysisNatural hazards
El Niño overview: anticipated humanitarian impact in 2023

26 July 2023

El Niño overview: anticipated humanitarian impact in 2023

DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB

The start of an El Niño season was officially announced in June 2023. This report provides a global overview of its anticipated humanitarian impact between July–December 2023, aiming to support strategic planning and anticipatory action.

Anticipatory analysisAudioNatural hazards

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