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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. Early warning systems are a key component of disaster risk management activities.

Early Warnings for All is a groundbreaking initiative to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected from hazardous weather, water, or climate events through life-saving early warning systems by the end of 2027. Stay informed about the groundbreaking "Early Warnings for All" initiative.

In Mozambique, experience from past disasters has helped shape a powerful national system for disaster risk reduction.
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Applying a climate information distillation framework to support a climate resilient hydropower sector in Nepal

This study applies the Climate Information Distillation Framework (CIDF) to the Nepal hydropower sector.

Frontiers in Climate
Update
Public warning systems: Intersec launches accessibility frameworks to remove barriers to global adoption

Intersec, the global leader in mobile metadata solutions and public warning systems (PWS), announced the launch of its "Accessibility Frameworks."

Intersec
A plague of locusts swarm across the country side near Port Headland in Western Australia.
Interview
Life as a locust officer: safeguarding crops and communities from desert locust
In this interview with PreventionWeb, Ali Babalifashki, Desert Locust Information Officer at the Plant Protection Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, shares insights from the field on managing locust risks and protecting vulnerable communities.
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Documents and publications
Early warning! Early action! Early finance?

This special issue is about drawing lessons about recognising the importance of acting early, learning from practice, and strengthening the systems that make early action possible.

All India Disaster Mitigation Institute
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Scaling the dangers of dust storms

ASU-led team develops first large-scale ranking system to raise awareness about the dangers of Phoenix dust storms.

Arizona State University
Rwanda wheat fields
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‘Before the rain came without warning. Now the message arrives before the clouds’

The farmer’s phone had vibrated just an hour earlier – a community alert of heavy rainfall expected within 48 hours. These messages now arrive regularly.

Water at the Heart of Climate Action
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Cà Mau resorts to technology to prevent forest fires

Cà Mau Province is strengthening forest fire prevention efforts by deploying advanced surveillance systems.

Viet Nam News, Vietnam News Agency
Satellite image of Hurricane Charley passing through in the Caribbean, 2004.
Update
Check out the brand-new hurricane ‘cone of uncertainty’ graphics arriving this season

The inland extent of watches and warnings will now be included, and an experimental cone will capture more areas at risk.

Yale Climate Connections
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