UN/ISDR International Early Warning Programme:

The Framework for the Multi-Hazard Global Early Warning

System

WCNDR 1994)

Yokohama StrategyWCDR (2005)

Hyogo Framework for Action

IDNDR (1990-1999)

ISDR (2000) Global Platform DRR (2007)

EWC II (2003)

5 Work Areas

EWC’98 (1998)

Potsdam

EWC III (2006)Global Survey of EWS, EW Checklist

Early Warning Projects Recommendations

PPEW (2004)

IEWP 2005

WCDR

EW StakeholderConsultation

2006

Interim AG Meeting Dec 2006

First AG Meeting March 2006

Early Warning Conference II areas of work

1) Better integration of early warning into development processes and public policies

2) Improved data availability for investigating, forecasting/predicting and managing risks on different time scales

3) Improved capacities and strengthened early warning systems, particularly in developing countries

4) Development of people-centred warning systems

5) Mechanisms for sustaining the early warning dialogue and supporting the development and implementation of a programme

Recommendations from EWC III

Recommendation 1: Develop a globally comprehensive early warning system, rooted in existing early warning systems and capacities

Recommendation 2: Build national people-centred early warningsystems

Recommendation 3: Fill the main gaps in global early warningcapacities

Recommendation 4: Strengthen the scientific and datafoundations for early warning

Recommendation 5: Develop the institutional foundations for aglobal early warning system

Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning (PPEW)

Overall secretariat’s functions including support and coordination for the IEWP with guidance provided by the IEWP Advisory Group

Partnership and alliance building

Advocacy and promotion of early warning and the IEWP

Development of web tools, clearing house and repository for knowledge and information

Mobilizing resources for the IEWP

Monitoring progress in the implementation of early warning and the IEWP

SG Report A/62/340 Global Survey of Early Warning SystemsSeptember 14, 2007

Request that the ISDR secretariat, in collaboration with relevant actors, undertake an assessment of the financing of early warning systems

Involve the major operational agencies through the International Early Warning Programme

Request the ISDR secretariat to facilitate, in cooperation with all United Nations system entities concerned, the development of globally comprehensive early warning systems, rooted in and composed of Member States systems, capacities and networks.

4 key elements of people-centred early warning systems

Tropical CyclonesWMO/WWW

RSMC Miami NHC/TPCRSMC Tropical Cyclones New Delhi

RSMC Nadi Meteorological Services

RSMC Tokyo Typhoon Center

RSMC La Reunion, Météo-France

CHC Canadian Hurricane Centre

CPHC Central Pacific Hurricane Center

JTWC Joint Typhoon Warning Center

BoM Bureau of Meteorology Australia

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

IRI International Research Institute for climate prediction

IWIN  Interactive Weather Information Network

ASW Australian Severe Weather

CIMSS Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

UNISYS

DroughtACMAD: African Center for Meteorological Application to DevelopmentAGHRYMET/CILSS: Committee on Drought Control SahelBoM: Bureau of Meteorology Australia DMCs: Drought Monitoring Centers for Eastern and Southern AfricaFASREP/WFP: World Food ProgrammeFAO/GIEWS: Food and Agriculture OrganisationIGADD/EWFIS: Early Warning and Food Information SystemIRI: International Research Institute ProgrammeNDMC: National Drought Mitigation CenterNOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric AdministrationSADC: Drought Monitoring CenterUSAID/FEWS: Famine Early Warning System USGS: U.S. Geological SurveyWMO/WWW: World Weater Watch

FloodsWMO World Meteorological OrganizationNOAA National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministrationFHRC  Flood Hazard Research CenterUDA University of DartmouthIRI International Research Institute for climate predictionIWIN Interactive Weather Information NetworkESA European Space AgencyMC/UNEP Mekong CommitteeBoM Bureau of Meteorology Australia

Earthquakes

AGSO: Australian Geological Survey OrganizationCERESIS: Centro Regional de Sismologia America del SurCNSS:Council of the National Seismic SystemGFZ: Geoforschungzentrum PostdamGSS: Global Seismograph ServicesIASPEI: International Association Seismology & Earth's InteriorISC: International Seismological CenterNEHP: National Earthquakes Hazard ProgrammeNGDC: National Geophysical Data Center, Worldwide Earthquakes DatabaseNIED: Research Institute Earth Science & Disaster PreventionRADIUS: Risk Assessment Against Seismic DisasterUSGS: U. S. Geological Survey

Landslides

IAEG International Assoc. of Engineering GeologyISSMFE Technical Committee on Landslides USGS U.S. Geological SurveyAGSO Australian Geological Survey Organization

Volcanoes

VAAC Volcanic Ash Advisory Center,SIGVP Smithsonian Institute, Global Volcanism ProgramNOAA/NGDC/ National Oceanic & Atmospheric AdministrationIAVCEI International Association on Volcanology & Chemistry of Earth's InteriorGFZ Geo Forschungs Zentrum Potsdam WOVO World Organization on Volcano ObservatoriesOU The Open UniversityUSGS U.S. Geological SurveyNASA/EOS   Volcanology

TsunamisIAPSO International Association for the Physical Science of the OceansITIC International Tsunamis Information CenterNOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric AdministrationUSGS U.S. Geological SurveyPTWC/NOAA/IOC Pacific Tsunamis Warning CenterWC&ATWC West Coast & Alaska Tsunamis Warning CenterITSU Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific

Biodiversity LossDIVERSITAS/IUBS International Union of Biological ScienceGTOS Global Terrestrial Observing SystemWCMC World Conservation Monitoring CenterGISP Global Invasive Species ProgrammeWWF World Wide FundIUCN The World Conservation Union WRI World Resources InstituteBSP Biodiversity Support Program CI Conservation International The Nature ConservancyTraffic

DeforestationWCMC World Conservation Monitoring CenterGFW, WRI Global Forest Watch, World Resources InstituteNOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration WFW/GOFC World Forest Watch Global Observations Forest CoverFAO Food & Agriculture OrganisationGAIA/GFCA Forest Conservation ArchivesIUFRO International Union of Forestry Research OrganizationsNFP/WSP New Forests Project World Seed ProgramESA European Space AgencyUSAID/NRM/E Natural Resource Management/Environment

ErosionFHRC Flood Hazard Research CenterEURIMAGE ESA European Space AgencyNSERL National Soil Erosion Research LaboratoryUSGS U.S. Gelogical Survey

FiresUNEP GRID-GenevaGRID Sioux-Fall Joint Research CentreNOAA Meteorological Service of Singapore (MSS)NASA Instituto National de Pesquisas EspacialIFFM/GTZ National Forest Fire Center of RussiaFirewatch ESA Canadian Forest ServiceUSDA Forest ServiceNational Interagency Fire CenterGlobal Fire Monitoring CenterReutersReliefweb

Water PollutionGEMS/WATER/UNEP Global Emergency Monitoring SystemGOOS/IOC Global Ocean Observing SystemUNEPSPREP/RSP South Pacific Regional Environment Program BSEP/RSP Black Sea Environmental ProgramCAR/RCU/UNEP/RSP Regional Coordinating Unit for the Caribbean Environment ProgramCPPS/RSP Permanent Commission of the South PacificRCU/EAR/UNEP/RSP Regional Coordinating Unit for the Eastern African Region SACEP/RSP South Asian Cooperative Environmental ProgrammeUNEP/RSP Water Branch North West Pacific PERGSA /RSP Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment ProgramROPME/RSP Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine EnvironmentUNEP/RSP Water Branch West and Central Africa UNEP/RSP Water Branch South West AtlanticEAS/RCU/UNEP/RSP Regional Coordinating unit for the East AsianMEDU/ UNEP/RSP Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action planGIPME/IOC of UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic CommissionNEAR/GOOS North-East Asian Region Global Ocean Observing SystemAMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment ProgramJRC/EI Joint Research Center, Environment Institute

Nuclear PollutionAGSO Australian Geological Survey OrganizationGERMON/GEMS/UNEP Global Environmental Radiation Monitoring NetworkFEERC Federal Environmental Emergency Response Center of RoshydrometGNIP/IAEA/WMO Global Network Isotopes in PrecipitationIAEA International AtomicEnergy AgencyPIDC Prototype International DataCenterJRC/EI Joint ResearchCenter, Environment Institute

Chemical and Toxic WasteIPCS International Program on Chemical SafetyUSGS/NADP U.S. Geological SurveyCSHIB U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation BoardCEFIC Conseil Europeen de l'Industrie ChimiqueFEERC Federal Environmental Emergency Response Center of Roshydromet

Air PollutionWMO/GAW World Meteorological Organization Global Atmosphere WatchGEMS/AIR/WHO Urban Air Quality Monitoring Project / WHOBAPMon Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network CDIAC Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis CenterUSGS/NADP U.S. Geological Survey JRC/EI Joint Research Center, Environment InstituteEMEP Cooperative Program for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Long Range AirPollutants in Europe

Oil SpillsITOPF International Tanker Owners Pollution FederationNOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric AdministrationTSS Tromsoe Saellite StationCETEMAR, S.L. Centro de Estudios Technico MaritimosESA European Space AgencyCSA Canadian Space Agency

IEWP Coordinating Committee

IEWP Secretariat

The Early Warning Forum

Membership database, discussion lists, on-line library, calendar, publications

Benefits and Added Values of IEWPIEWP provides added values to its partners by building on their on-going activities on early warning.

Common agendas

More effective, wider information flow

Better focus on integrated people-centred early warning systems

Wider recognition of early warning’s role in meeting development goals

Systematically demonstrate the financial perspective of early warning (e.g. good for investment)

Shortcomings of the End-to-End System• Focus tends to remain on the hazard

• Different hazards are typically dealt with by separate institutions

• Dominance of the expert can lead to difficulties

• Role of research and knowledge from outside is often not acknowledged.

• Little engagement or empowerment of those at risk in the design and operation

• Few systematic mechanisms to improve the system.

• Weak public engagement and recognition

People Centered EWS

Reliable Reach the entire population even in remote areasPart of a chain

Key Ingredients

The right to know Multidimensional analysisInvestmentBuild on existing local structuresBuild on existing and appropriate information systemsLocal ownershipBuilding leadershipAccountability to actLocal knowledge of indicatorsSchools

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