HLD4: Advancing multi-hazard early warnings and early and anticipatory action: User-centred design for a resilient future

Building on the progress of the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, the outcomes of the EW4All Multi-Stakeholder Forums and broader discussions on multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS), this session highlights the importance of MHEWS and early and anticipatory action in reducing disaster risks through more inclusive, people-centred and forward-looking approaches, fundamental to fostering trust, ensuring community ownership and enhancing the long-term effectiveness of disaster preparedness efforts. Despite progress, significant gaps remain in governance, resourcing and accessibility, particularly for the most at-risk communities. This session will explore strategies to scale up MHEWS globally, focusing on governance, financing, user-centred design and cross-sectoral collaboration to advance DRR goals through 2030 and beyond.

UNDRR Focal Points

• Mr. Luca Rossi
• Ms. Jennifer Guralnick
• Ms. Anna Kruip

Organizing Team experts

• Ms. Amy Donovan, University of Cambridge, UK Alliance for Disaster Research
• Ms. Chiara Cardaci, Italian Civil Protection Department
• Mr. Christophe Lienert, Swiss Steering Committee on Intervention in Natural Hazards LAINAT
• Mr. Cyrille Honoré, World Meteorological Organisation
• Ms. Delka Espinal, GeoHazards International
• Mr. Hafiz Muhammad Haris Mir, Nation Disaster Management Authority Pakistan  
• Mr. Jorge Sanz, Save the Children International
• Ms. Marcie Roth, World Institute on Disability
• Mr. Matthias Amling, Welthungerhilfe
• Ms. Paula Uski, Finnish Red Cross, representing the IFRC network
• Ms. Quanying Ren, UN Environment Programme
• Mr. Sebastian Kleve, German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO)  
• Mr. Syed Yasir Hayat Shah, UN World Food Programme

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