Realising Early Warnings for All: Innovation and Technology In Support of Risk-Informed Climate Resilience Policy and Action

Positioned as one of the flagship reports of the UN Secretary General’s Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, the joint Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) policy brief highlights the essential role of climate technology policies and scalable fit-for-purpose technology solutions in improving climate information and disaster risk knowledge, enhancing the effectiveness of multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS).

• At COP 29, TEC and GEO launched the policy brief at the Earth Information Day 2024.
• Policy brief has informed the Global status of multi-hazard early warning systems 2024 and its section 3.2.5. which focuses on Technology and innovation for risk knowledge.
• News Article: UN Climate Change’s Technology Executive Committee and Group on Earth Observations Launch Policy Brief to Bolster Climate Resilience with Early Warning Technologies
  

Key Messages and Recommendations

The brief’s executive summary, which also serves as TEC’s key messages and recommendations for consideration at COP29 and CMA6 (*) is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. It offers a high-level summary of the key findings and recommendations for Parties, international organisations and all stakeholders to scale up innovation and MHEWS technology solutions with six action points:

• Consider MHEWS technologies when preparing and updating NDCs, NAPs, TNAs and other documents;
• Invest in multisectoral technology solutions;
• Leverage international initiatives and public-private partnerships;
• Support the integration of technologies into projects to promote local stakeholder engagement;
• Build the technical capacity of stakeholders in developing countries;
• Leverage the global community of scientific experts and innovators
  
  _{(*) See the Joint annual report of the TEC and the CTCN for 2024 (p.25-26)}