According to UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres, an average of 24 million people every year are pushed to poverty by disasters, and many more leave their homes. He said that if these people continue to struggle to rebuild and recover what they have lost, they will never reach the SDG (Sustainable Development) Agenda 2030.
The UN has always underscored the value of prevention strategies, especially now with the climate change turbo-charging natural events. Building climate and disaster resilience are becoming more critical to any society to reduce the massive risk and losses from disasters.
To help all society sectors improve their early warning systems (EWS), the UN released the report, “Five Approaches to Build Functional Early Warning Systems”.
The report is divided into two parts. The first part lays the legal and institutional framework for the Early Warning Systems. It presents a history of the early warning system and disaster risk reduction strategies and how disasters like Tsunamis have pushed for global efforts to establish a robust EWS.
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