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Early Warnings for All: Bridging the Funding Gap for Global Climate Resilience

  • February 17, 2025
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Early Warnings for All: Bridging the Funding Gap for Global Climate Resilience

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Why in News

  • The United Nations’ Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, aims to ensure global protection from hazardous weather, water, and climate-related disasters by 2027. However, funding for early warning systems remains unevenly distributed.

Early Warnings for All (EW4All) Initiative:

  • Launched by: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in 2022.
  • Ensure protection from hazardous weather, water, and climate-related events through early warning systems (EWS) by 2027.
  • Early warning systems are proven to be efficient and cost-effective in mitigating risks, saving lives, and ensuring sustainable development.
  • Challenges: One-third of the global population, primarily in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), lacks access to adequate multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS).
  • Four Pillars of the EW4All Initiative: The initiative is structured around four key pillars, each led by a specialized agency:
    • Disaster Risk Knowledge and Management (Led by UNDRR)
    • Detection, Observation, Monitoring, Analysis, and Forecasting (Led by WMO)
    • Warning Dissemination and Communication (Led by ITU)
    • Preparedness and Response Capabilities (Led by IFRC)
  • Alignment with Global Frameworks:
    • Paris Agreement: Supports climate adaptation and disaster preparedness.
    • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Focuses on Target G, ensuring availability and accessibility of multi-hazard early warning systems.
    • 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Contributes to poverty reduction, hunger alleviation, health improvement, water security, clean energy, climate action, and sustainable urban development.
    • The Global Observatory for Early Warning System Investments, launched in 2024, seeks to address this issue by tracking and optimizing funding allocation.

Global Observatory for Early Warning System Investments:

  • Launched in 2024, co-designed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
  • Aims to track and optimize investments in EWS by analysing data from multilateral development banks and funding institutions.
  • Ensures better resource allocation to vulnerable regions, especially LDCs and SIDS.
  • Uneven Distribution of EWS Funding: 54% of national early warning investments are concentrated in just five countries: China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia.
  • Only 25% of reported financing is in the form of grants (non-repayable).
  • 75% consists of loans and credits, creating financial challenges for low-income nations.
  • Total funding institutions involved: Nine, including World Bank, Green Climate Fund, and Asian Development Bank.

Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS): Global Status Report (2024)

  • Highest EWS coverage: Asia-Pacific region (67% of countries).
  • Other regional coverage:
    • Europe & Central Asia: 60%
    • Arab States: 59%
    • Africa: 50%
    • Americas & Caribbean: 40%
  • Significant improvements since 2015, but disparities persist in disaster-prone regions.
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