Early Warnings for All (EW4All) sets the objective to ensure every person in the planet is protected by multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) by 2027. This was motivated by the need to close the coverage gap, which currently is considerable with half of the global population lacking access to MHEWS. The gap is hardest felt in countries characterized by high vulnerability. More than half of the countries that are most vulnerable and least ready to adapt to climate change are affected by conflict, violence, and instability (referred to as Fragile, Conflict, Violence- FCV contexts). As such, if we are to be successful in achieving EW4All, it is imperative to develop tailored solutions for FCV contexts. For more information, please find the Policy Brief on PreventionWeb or below for download: https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/early-warning-systems-and-early-action-fragile-conflict-and-violent-contexts-addressing 

To this end, the event will:

1. Showcase the diversity of EWS across FCV contexts,
2. Present the Considerations for Early Warning Systems / Early Action (EWS/EA) for FCVs as a framework to scale-up climate action, and
3. Foster linkages to finance to accelerate EW4All in FCVs.

The event will discuss a proposed framework for collective and common action in FCVs to scale-up MHEWS coverage linked to suited financing options. 

Proposed Agenda:

• Opening & welcome
• Setting the scene: Status of Early Warning System/Early Action in FCV
• Early Warning System/Early Action models:
  
  • Country perspectives  
  • Regional perspectives
  • International partner efforts
  • Financing EWS/EA in FCVs
    
    • United States of America, USAID
    • CREWS Secretariat
    • Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF)
    • Sweden, SIDA
  • Way Forward
  • Closing

SPEAKERS

Moderator: Loretta Hieber Girardet, Chief Risk Knowledge, Monitoring and Capacity Development at United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Setting the Scene: Daniela Cuellar Vargas, Co-Coordinator, Center of Excellence for Disaster and Climate Resilience, World Meteorogical Organization (WMO)

Country Perspectives

• Dr. Banak Joshua Dei Wal, Director-General of Disaster Management, South Sudan
• Marcelin Esterlin, Representative of the Haitian Hydro-Meteorological Service (UHM) to the WMO

Regional Perspectives 

• Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director, The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)

• Guleid Artan, Director, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC)

International Partner Efforts 

• Dr Arame Tall, Senior Adaptation and Resilience Specialist, Climate Change Group, World Bank
• Nicholas Bishop, DRR Programme Lead, Disaster Risk Reduction, IOM
• Kassem Chaalan, Head, Disaster Risk Reduction Unit, Lebanese Red Cross, IFRC

Financing Perspectives

• Sarah Charles, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance 
• John Harding, Head of CREWS Secretariat, CREWS
• Markus Repnik, SOFF Secretariat
• Rpresentative from SIDA (TBC)