Scaling up early warning and early action – using art to inspire change

This in person and online side event will: 

• Engage the audience through interactive theatre to gain different perspectives in the challenges and opportunities in early warning and early action  
• Explore themes such as relationships, multi-faceted nature of vulnerability, governance arrangements to address systemic risk in DRR and climate change adaptation, gender equality and women’s leadership, and enabling elements for effective early warning and early action  
• Provoke thought, discussion and understanding to meet the UN SG’s alerts for all in five years  

Session objectives

1. Raise awareness on the importance of a multi-stakeholder coordination and inclusive and gender sensitive approaches to EW EA efforts to foster trust, support action, and achieve positive impact;  
2. Jointly explore challenges and solutions in simulated ‘threat environments’; share good practice; 
3. Overall the session aims to create a fun, interactive, and inspirational learning environment to deepen understanding and exchange on the connections between early warning / early action and promote social change to enhance the effectiveness of these efforts.