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Early warning

An integrated system of hazard monitoring, forecasting and prediction, disaster risk assessment, communication and preparedness activities systems and processes that enables individuals, communities, governments, businesses and others to take timely action to reduce disaster risks in advance of hazardous events.

Latest Early warning additions in the Knowledge Base

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How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California

As climate change progresses, many predictions of what will happen are based on climate, rather than weather, meaning that an atmospheric river-like event can totally upend expectations.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Documents and publications

Scaling up anticipatory actions for food security: Anticipatory action year in focus 2023

This report provides an overview of WFP's progress in scaling up its Anticipatory Action (AA) operations, from covering 3.2 million people in 28 countries in 2022 to 4.1 million people in 36 countries in 2023.
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How a climate conundrum at the heart of the Pacific is challenging disaster preparedness in Australia

This article covers the ongoing enigma at the heart of the Pacific of confounding predictability of climate extremes at seasonal and longer timescales.
Risk Frontiers Holdings Pty Ltd
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Documents and publications

2024 - Supercharging social protection systems with anticipatory cash: Case study on Fiji’s Anticipatory Action Framework

This case study provides a technical overview of the collaborative process through which the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Fijian Government set up innovative structures to provide cash assistance ahead of anticipated cyclones.
African children fetch water from a water source
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AWARE: a digitally enabled governance platform for effective anticipatory action ahead of climate shocks

While early warning systems are effective, to fully inform disaster-risk-reduction interventions they require effective coordination and early action protocols that function across multiple levels of governance, from local to national levels.
Anticipation Hub
Weather monitoring station in tree-covered hilly surroundings
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Systematic Observations Financing Facility approves $27 million towards developing early warning systems in Ethiopia, Solomon Islands, and Tanzania

Ethiopia, Tanzania and the Solomon Islands have collectively secured more than US$27 million from the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) for developing comprehensive early warning systems.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Inclusive early warnings for all
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Tackling capacity gaps in Early Warnings for All delivery

The WMO Commission for Observations, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM) endorsed an action plan to contribute to the Early Warnings for All initiative to address the infrastructure gaps of many developing countries.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Documents and publications

Reasons for non-evacuation and shelter-seeking behaviour of local population following cyclone warnings along the Bangladesh coast

In this study, researchers provide information on the shelter-seeking places in Bangladesh during the latest cyclones and analyse the reasons why some residents do not evacuate the affected regions post cyclone ­­­warning.

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