In that context, UN Secretary-General António Guterres pledged to ensure that every person on earth is protected by early warning systems by 2027 through the “Early Warning for All – EW4All” initiative. announced an ambitious new goal. Achieving this requires all aspects of the information value chain, from building and strengthening observation networks, developing products tailored to risk information and impact prediction, improving communication and information sharing, building services for communities, and decision-making. You have to invest on the side. Manufacturers and businesses can use and understand weather and climate-related information.
The importance of both climate information and early warning systems (CIEWS) is being increasingly emphasized globally, making them essential components of climate change adaptation. CIEWS is essential to reducing exposure and vulnerability to climate change impacts and building climate change resilience. Scaling up CIEWS combined with disaster risk reduction and management has been shown to reduce fatalities in areas affected by large-scale disasters.
CAF – The Development Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNDRR), the Green Climate Fund and other institutional partners, is building a regional facility to support LAC countries in developing national and regional projects. Masu. Regarding the “Climate Information Early Warning System (CIEWS)” to apply for financing/co-financing to GCF.
The platform operates based on the vast experience and recognition of ongoing progress with CIEWS initiatives in the region and is centered around three key elements: Promote regional cooperation and CIEWS interoperability and seek additional financial support. (b) Implement priority country-level actions focused on building capacity and strengthening governance; (c) Accelerate the development of CIEWS projects.
For Latin America and the Caribbean, this platform will represent a decisive contribution in the exploration of enhanced disaster risk knowledge, monitoring and forecasting, warning dissemination and vigilance, emergency and disaster preparedness and response. Probably. In just the last two years, the loss and damage caused by bushfires, droughts, floods, landslides and storms in the region has made it clear that ambitious regional investment action is urgently needed. Ta. This initiative.
