UNFCCC Official Side Event – Scaling-up climate finance for ambitious action on early warning systems for adaptation with a focus on the most vulnerable

November 14, 2024, 18:30-20:00
UNFCCC side event room – room 3

As global temperatures rise, the frequency and intensity of hazardous weather events are increasing, disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities. In 2024, the world has witnessed devastating storms, floods, droughts, and heatwaves, underscoring the urgent need for robust, people centric multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS). The UN SG’s Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative aims to enhance adaptation, foster resilience, and reduce loss and damage through timely, actionable, and effective MHEWS. 

This side event will highlight the successful implementation of EW4All in Antigua and Barbuda, Ethiopia, Lao PDR, and Fiji, showcasing how these countries have strengthened their adaptation and resilience to losses and damages through MHEWS. Additionally, the event will provide insights from the WMO-UNDRR- UN OHRLLS joint report on the status and progress of MHEWS in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), emphasizing the importance of tailored MHEWS approaches in thesesituations. The session also highlights opportunities for collaboration to scale up action on EW4All, such as through digital technologies like artificial intelligence, across financial institutions, civil society, academia, the private sector, development actors, and beyond