Trust fund for tsunami, disaster and climate preparedness strategy 2025-2030

The ESCAP Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness represents a regional commitment to strengthening early warning systems in Asia and the Pacific. This document sets out the Trust Fund's strategy for 2025-2030. Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-impacted region in the world and home to 4.7 billion people. Strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems remain a top adaptation priority for protecting all individuals, and critical infrastructure and assets.

This Strategy outlines the global and regional commitment to effectively and efficiently allocate pooled funds to high-risk, low-capacity countries and facilitate South-South and triangular cooperation, aiming to catalyse coordinated, regional action to create transboundary synergies in early warning systems. The four following outcomes are expected from the Trust Fund:

1. National capacities are increased, enabling effective utilization of early warning systems (EWS) to generate and communicate actionable early warnings.
2. Innovative solutions for transboundary disaster risks and climate hazards are shared and implemented across high-disaster risk, low-capacity countries.
3. Local governments, communities, critical sectors and institutions have the preparedness resources, mandates and tools to take early actions.
4. Coverage of multi-hazard EWS is extended multidimensionally across a range of disasters and geographies and exposed populations.