Governments should “put your money where your mouth is” to ensure that the flagship UN Early Warnings for All initiative reaches its goal to protect everyone from dangerous weather by 2027, according to a top UN envoy.
“We can and must spare no effort to ensure that people and communities and countries are afforded with tools to save lives and livelihoods. We have a once in a generation opportunity to...
A new Action for Water Adaptation and Resilience (AWARe) initiative has been launched at the UN Climate Change negotiations, reflecting the importance of water both a key climate change problem and a potential solution. It underlines the commitment of Egypt as COP27 President to making water a top priority.
A Cairo Roundtable on the UN Global Early Warning Initiative: Developing the Global Architecture for Delivery on Early Warnings for All, hosted by the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Ministry in Cairo, Egypt from 5-6 September, 2022, has advanced plans to ensure that early warnings reach everyone in the next five years.
The drive for universal coverage and protection by Early Warning services - one of the most effective forms of climate adaptation both in terms of saving lives and economic benefits - has been injected with a new sense of urgency.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres tasked the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to draw up a blueprint in the next six months to ensure that Early Warning Systems reach everyone within...
The new Working Group II report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided policymakers with a clear view of the state and threat of global climate change. The latest climate science continues to reiterate that every fraction of a degree of warming spells more dangerous and costly consequences.
