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Establish a global resilience fund for disaster relief and prevention

A standing global fund that pays for disaster prevention and gets help to people fast when disaster strikes.

4 organizations tracked  ·  0 vetted

The goal in brief

GoalA standing global fund that pays for disaster prevention and gets help to people fast when disaster strikes.

people affected by disasters each year1
123 million
less damage with 24 hours’ warning2
Up to 30%
investment plan to warn everyone by 20272
$3.1 billion

Why it matters

Disasters affected an average of 123 million people a year over the past decade, and the share of people affected has more than doubled since the decade before.1 Preparing ahead pays off, since 24 hours’ warning can cut damage by up to 30%,2 but only 60% of countries report having warning systems for multiple hazards.3

How we’ll know it’s done

Finish line
Everyone on Earth covered by early warning systems, the UN target for the end of 2027,2 backed by a standing fund that pays for prevention and pays out fast after disasters.
What counts
Money in place before disaster strikes, for warnings, safer buildings and fast payouts, not only appeals afterward.
How it’s checked
Early warning coverage tracked by WMO and the UN, and the disaster deaths and losses countries report under the Sendai Framework.
Our part
We’ll fund this once our vetting team vets an organization working on it.

What follows

  • Fewer families pushed into poverty when disaster hits.H-02End poverty
  • Food reaching people fast after droughts and floods.H-01Eliminate global hunger and malnutrition
  • Clinics and hospitals back up and running sooner.H-08Establish universal access to high-quality healthcare
  • Children back in school sooner after a disaster.H-12Establish universal access to high-quality education

How it can be solved

The approaches to this goal, and how many of the organizations taking each one we’ve vetted.

  • Emergency relief

    Medicine, shelter and care for people hit by disasters and displacement.

    3 organizations

  • Preparedness

    Tools meant to protect people before disaster strikes.

    1 organization

Who’s working on it

We only call a solution proven, measurable and scalable once our vetting team has vetted it. Everything else here, the team is tracking.

Vetted0 organizationsReviewed by our vetting team, and passed all three tests.

  • Proven

    It has worked, with results to show.

  • Measurable

    Its impact can be counted.

  • Scalable

    It can grow toward the size of the goal.

None on this goal yet. When our vetting team vets an organization working on it, it appears here with its vetting report.

Not vetted4 organizationsTracked by our vetting team. Not vetted yet, so we make no claims about them.

Listing an organization isn’t an endorsement. Not vetted means just that: our vetting team is tracking it, and we make no claims about it yet. Last reviewed October 2026.

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Sources

  1. 1. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, “Goal 13,” SDG targets and progress, from The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2. United Nations, “Early Warnings for All,” UN Climate Action (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3. World Meteorological Organization, “Early warning systems reach new heights, but critical gaps jeopardize global progress” (12 November 2025) (opens in a new tab)