Accelerating global action to deliver Early Warnings for All: Showcase of Highlighted Results & Solutions

Location: Room 1 (Axis 1), Action Agenda Thematic Space

A high-level showcase highlighting concrete progress, solutions, and partnerships advancing the UN Secretary-General’s Early Warnings for All initiative, aiming to ensure that every person on Earth is protected by life-saving early warning systems.

The event aims to:

• Demonstrate progress and lessons learned from countries advancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems. 
• Showcase partnerships, financing mechanism and tools supporting implementation across the EW4All pillars. 
• Showcase scalable solutions that strengthen risk knowledge, forecasting, communication, and preparedness capacities. 
• Reinforce political commitment and international cooperation to achieve universal global early warning coverage.

Agenda

09:30 – 09:35 UTC-3
Welcome by the Moderator, Mr. Simon Springett (UN Resident Coordinator, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean) and video highlighting progress in the Early Warnings for All initiative. 

09:35 – 09:40 UTC-3
Opening

• COP30 Presidency representative (tbc)
• H.E. Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President

09:40 – 09:45 UTC-3
Setting the scene: Collective Progress toward Early Warnings for All

• Prof. Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• Mr. Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

09:45 – 10:05 UTC-3 — Segment 1: Country Leadership and Progress
Showcase of national efforts advancing EW4All implementation

• H.E. Luísa Celma Caetano Meque, President, National Institute of Disaster Management Mozambique
• Dr. Eric Asuman, Director General of the Ghana Meteorological Agency and Permanent Representative of Ghana with WMO
• Ms. Takena Redfern, Director, National Disaster Management Office Kiribati
• Mr. XIONG Shaoyuan, Deputy Administrator, China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

10:05 – 10:20 UTC-3 — Segment 2: Driving Innovative Solutions
Showcase of partner contributions across EW4All

• Mr. Henry Gonzalez, Chief Investment Officer, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
• Ms. Mwanahamisi Singano, Director of Policy, Women's Environment & Development Organization

10:20 – 10:30 UTC-3
Closing Remarks

• Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Ms. Loyce Pace, Regional Director for the Americas, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
• Mr. Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition