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Last updated 11 Nov 2025

Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems: Case-studies

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Introduction

Disaster-related mortality in countries with more comprehensive Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) capabilities is nearly six times lower than in countries with limited capabilities.

More countries are developing, implementing and improving their MHEWS. Explore the following case studies.

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Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems 2025
Themes
Early warning

Knowledge base

Case study
Ethiopia Kenya
Incorporating exposure and vulnerability data to improve disaster risk knowledge and provide impact-based early warnings for flood and drought
In Kenya and Ethiopia, the EarlyWarning4IGAD project is piloting an approach for impact-based early warning for flood, focusing on the impacts for people and drought, concentrating on the impacts on crops and subsistence farmers.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Brazil Cambodia India Solomon Islands
Mobile technology expanding inclusive early warning communication
Countries like Brazil, the Solomon Islands and Cambodia are strengthening MHEWS through mobile-based strategies tailored to local contexts and resource realities.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Ecuador Haiti India
High tech, low tech, and no tech: MHEWS technology and innovation for accessibility, collaboration and local leadership
High tech, low tech, and no tech solutions are implemented in Ecuador, Haiti, and India to make early warnings more understandable, inclusive, and actionable in local communities.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
  • The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)
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Timor-Leste SIDS (Small Island Developing States) LDCs (Least Developed Countries)
Disaster loss and damage data assessment with multiple stakeholders in Timor-Leste
UNDRR led a comprehensive assessment of loss and damage data collection practice in Timor-Leste that informed a methodology and procedural guidance for improved accounting for disaster loss and damage.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Libya Malawi
Youth-led, community-centred MHEWS technology in Libya and Malawi
In climate-vulnerable regions like Malawi and Libya, community-based monitoring initiatives are driving improvements in EWS capabilities.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Barbados
Formalized cooperation between government and media organisations for early warning communication in Barbados
To support public dialogue about EWS, facilitate mass communication, and ensure the timely dissemination of critical information, the Barbados Department of Emergency Management formalised Memorandums of Understanding with major broadcasting networks.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Common Alerting Protocol as cornerstone for digital MHEWS
Recent developments around the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) - a digital format for delivering consistent, multi-channel alerts - reflect growing global momentum to standardise and strengthen early warning communication.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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Mali Sudan Americas Cambodia
Accessible and inclusive MHEWS in diverse contexts
Evidence on inclusive approaches in MHEWS is growing signalling increased momentum across diverse regions, with initiatives in Mali, Sudan, Cambodia, and Latin America and the Caribbean demonstrating how equity-driven strategies can strengthen MHEWS.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
  • The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)
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Democratic Republic of the Congo Costa Rica Panama Cambodia Nepal
People-centered coordination for MHEWS in diverse contexts
Efforts in Cambodia, Central Asia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Nepal, and Panama, exemplify the growing emphasis on coordinated, people-centred MHEWS tailored to complex risk contexts
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Uganda
Measuring impact of community-led EWS in Uganda
By emphasising impact measurement not just as a reporting tool but as a mechanism for learning and accountability, DARAJA project offers model for scaling EWS that are trusted and transformative.
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)