GLOBAL EW4ALL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER FORUM
Co-led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and supported by many partners, the first Global Early Warnings for All Multi-Stakeholder Forum aims to re-energize the implementation and accelerate actions for the Early Warnings for All initiative and other efforts to strengthen early warning systems worldwide as a contribution to the Sendai Framework Target G. The Forum will provide multiple opportunities for peer-to-peer and cross-regional learning, sharing of good practices and experiences, renewing existing and building new partnerships and identifying ways to close remaining gaps. The first global EW4All Multi-Stakeholder Forum will capture regional experiences and take stock from outcomes of regional fora that will be organized throughout 2024 and early 2025.
ABOUT THE INITIATIVE
The Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative aims to ensure universal protection from hazardous hydrometeorological, climatological and related environmental events through life-saving multi-hazard early warning systems, anticipatory action and resilience efforts by the end of 2027, as called for by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in 2022. More information on EW4All can be found here.
ABOUT THE GLOBAL EARLY WARNINGS FOR ALL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER FORUM
The Global EW4All Multi-stakeholder Forum will take place during the Preparatory Days of the Global Platform (2-3 June 2025). It will build on the Third Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference (MHEWC-III) that took place during the previous Global Platform in 2022.
There are five Regional EW4All Multi-stakeholder forums which will feed into the session planning, discussions and outcomes of the Global EW4All Multi-stakeholder forum.
The regional EW4All Multi-stakeholder forums are scheduled on the following dates:
- Asia-Pacific EW4All Multi-Stakeholder forum: 15-17 October 2024
- Africa EW4All Multi-Stakeholder forum: 21 October 2024
- Europe & Central Asia EW4All Multi-Stakeholder forum: 8 November 2024
- Americas & Caribbean EW4All Multi-Stakeholder forum: 5 December 2024
- Arab States EW4All Multi-Stakeholder forum: February 2025 (exact date TBC)
Most EW4ALL Multi-Stakeholder Forum will take place alongside the DRR Regional Platforms. More information on the Regional Platforms can be accessed through our dedicated page here.
SESSIONS
The sessions will draw from the following topics:
- Knowledge exchange of good practices and gaps;
- Inclusive and community-led early warning systems;
- Early warning in fragile, conflict and violent (FCV) contexts;
- Emerging best practices in early warning and knowledge platforms to enhance resident capacities;
- Linking multi-hazard early warning systems and anticipatory action;
- Socio-economic benefits of early warning and early action and innovative finance;
- Integrating the EW4All initiative with policy frameworks;
- Cooperation and partnerships at all levels, including private sector partnerships, to scale implementation opportunities;
- Technology in early warning systems including AI
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
- Take stock of actors and activities within the early warning and early action value chain and progress of the EW4All initiative;
- Re-energize implementation and accelerate action for the EW4All Initiative and other efforts to strengthen early warning systems worldwide as a contribution to the Sendai Framework Target G;
- Build new and strengthen existing stakeholder partnerships to support the enhancement and maintenance of people-centered, inclusive and end-to-end multi-hazard early warning systems by national governments;
- Champion inclusive and participatory user-tailored MHEWS which link early warnings and early action to the mitigation of socioeconomic impacts of disasters, in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
- Outcome statement sharing overarching needs and priorities as well as emerging opportunities as identified by participants at the global level, informed by outcomes at the regional level, to feed into the GP’s thematic session on early warnings and early action
ORGANIZING ENTITIES
The Global EW4All Multi-Stakeholder Forum is organized by a diverse group, including UNDRR and WMO as the Steering Committee, and an Organizing Committee comprised of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the CREWS Secretariat, the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Food Programme (WFP), Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (SEM), the Global Network of Civil Society for Disaster Reduction (GNDR), and the Executive Office of the Secretary-General Climate Action Team.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The Steering Committee would like to thank the CREWS initiative and its Contributing Members, the United States Agency for International Development and the Swedish International Development Agency for their financial support of the first Global Early Warnings for All Multi-Stakeholder Forum. The Steering Committee would also like to acknowledge all other sponsors, both earmarked and unearmarked, who have generously contributed to the EW4All initiative to ensure a multi-stakeholder approach.