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Irene Amuron, Head of Anticipatory Action, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.

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Irene Amuron, Head of Anticipatory Action, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.

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An advocate for the investment in community and national capacities to deliver anticipatory action at scale.

Enthusiastic about learning and exchange and part of the Anticipation Hub.

email: amuron@climatecentre.org

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Deputy Humanitarian Director Welthungerhilfe (WHH)

Anticipatory Action enthusiast. Committed to Zero Hunger | Climate Action | DRR | Sustainable Development | Human Rights | Diversity | Peace

matthias.amling@whh.de

Matthias Amling | LinkedIn

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Vera Exnerova, PhD | GNDR – Head of Fundraising, Impact & Communications

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Vera Exnerova, PhD | GNDR – Head of Fundraising, Impact & Communications

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My passion is finding where genuine partnership and collaboration — not just coordination — creates systemic change.

With a global background in resilience, DRR, early action and civil society strengthening, and field experience across Asia, I am particularly drawn to how collaboration and relationships across all actors and levels can be strengthened, building on what already exists and connecting the knowledge, authority and resources that different stakeholders hold. Excited to explore linkages and build relationships across this partnership.

vera.exnerova@gndr.org

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vera-exnerova-b8943184/

www.gndr.org

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Principal Climate Change

Save the Children Australia

Develop child-centred climate projects accessing the Green Climate Fund and other types of climate finance

imelda.phadtare@savethechildren.org.au

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Scientific Advisor | Early Warning Expert

International expert with 20+ years of experience linking science, policy, and operations to deliver multi-hazard early warning and advice systems and actionable solutions for governments and humanitarian actors.

What I offer:

• Design of risk-informed early warning and early action systems

• Partnerships across governments, UN agencies, NGOs, and research institutions

• Institutional advisory support, governance, and capacity development

• Turning science and innovation into practical decision-support services

Relevant experience within GeoSphere Austria:

• Led Austria’s Multi-Hazard Advice System (AMAS)

• Managed ARISTOTLE support to the EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre

• WMO SOFF Peer Advisor supporting national meteorological services

• Strategic advisor at GeoSphere Austria

Interested in:

Collaboration on REAP priorities, Early Warnings for All, anticipatory action, and scaling resilience solutions globally.

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Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion brings extensive experience in:

disability-inclusive humanitarian action

inclusive disaster risk reduction

climate change adaptation

anticipatory action

resilience-building in fragile and vulnerable contexts

technical assistance on inclusion

contact: v.evangelisti@hi.org

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Hilde J. Langmoen, Head of the Climate Resilience Unit, NORCAP

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Hilde J. Langmoen, Head of the Climate Resilience Unit, NORCAP

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Email: hilde.jorgensen@nrc.no

WhatsApp: +47 920 79 239

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Debora Gonzalez, Advisor Anticipatory Action

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Debora Gonzalez, Advisor Anticipatory Action

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What Action Against Hunger (ACF) offers:

Early warning capacities with food/ nutrition security focus

Experience implementing locally-led anticipatory action projects

What we seek:

Partners interested in jointly expanding work around impact-based forecasting and AA & Nutrition

Email: dgonzalez@aktiongegendenhunger.de

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A recognized expert in the space industry, Philippe Lattes now applies his extensive experience to strategic investment at LeoBlue. His career reflects a deep immersion in the sector's strategic and industrial challenges:

Industrial Expertise: He spent 25 years at the heart of Earth observation satellite design and manufacturing (notably at Airbus DS).

Ecosystem Builder: During his 11-year tenure at Aerospace Valley, he headed the Space Sector, coordinating a network of over 800 members. He developed key innovation drivers, including the ESA BIC Sud France incubator and the international ActInSpace competition, in partnership with CNES and ESA.

International Vision: Since 2021, he has also been working as an international consultant, focusing on space applications in emerging countries.

Contact information:

Email: contact@leoblue.eu

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leoblue/

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Supporting EW4All through Global Coordination at UNDRR, based in Geneva.

anna.kruip@un.org

UNDRR - Homepage | UNDRR

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Policy advisor for climate change adaptation at the NAP Global Network hosted by IISD's Resilience Program. Currently focusing on adaptation in fragile countries, climate related human mobility and climate adaptation and trade.

kschmidt@iisd.org

https://napglobalnetwork.org/

https://www.iisd.org/

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I am a researcher specialising in the geopolitics of climate and natural resources, currently at the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House). My work focuses on how humanitarian early warning systems address cascading risks and governance of natural resources, drawing on my experience as a former Policy Analyst at the UK's Climate Change Committee and Programme Coordination Analyst with the United Nations. I hold an LL.M in International Law from the London School of Economics.

Recent paper: How to bolster food security through global early-warning systems | Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank

Bhargabi Bharadwaj | LinkedIn

Email: bbharadwaj@chathamhouse.org

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Scientific lead of 510, an initiative of The Netherlands Red Cross & full Professor on the Princess Margriet Chair “Data for disaster resilience” at ITC/Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, focusing on enhancing the quality of risk and impact data, trigger models for anticipatory action (preparedness), and selecting, monitoring, and building evidence for nature-based solutions (prevention). He is a member of IFRCs Early Action Protocol Validation Committee Advisory, the IPC Advanced Technology and Artificial Intelligence Working Group (led by FAO), the WMO Standing Committee on Hydrological Services (SC-HYD), the advisory board of the Netherlands Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence (ICAI). Contact: mvandenhomberg@redcross.nl Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marc_Van_Den_Homberg

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Climate Science Advisor (Met Office Secondee) into the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

I help to provide weather, seasonal and climate risk advice for humanitarian response.

ailsa.barrowkocher@fcdo.gov.uk

ailsa.barrow@metoffice.gov.uk

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MILE Organization for Environmental Protection

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Chief Executive Officer of the Mile Organization for Environmental Protection (MILE), where he drives the organization’s strategic vision and operational excellence. With an unwavering commitment to tackling Iraq’s most pressing environmental challenges, he has championed groundbreaking initiatives in climate change adaptation, waste management, and humanitarian mine action. His leadership blends innovation with collaboration, mobilizing resources and fostering partnerships that align with Iraq’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) while advancing global sustainability goals. Renowned for integrating cutting-edge tools like Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into MILE’s operations, Isam has transformed ambitious environmental ideals into measurable impacts empowering communities, safeguarding ecosystems, and positioning MILE as a trusted voice in Iraq’s environmental future.

Email: ighareeb@mile-im.org

Linkedin: isam-barzangy

Website: https://www.mile-im.org/

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Link to our work above

Disaster Risk Management Specialist/Advisor

People in Need

Šafaříkova 635/24, 120 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic, EU

magdalena.hix@peopleinneed.net

+420 793 920 593

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Despite adaptation strategies and mitigation efforts to reduce GHG emissions, communities worldwide already feel the impacts of climate change either from sudden climate disasters (e.g. droughts, floods, cyclones, heatwaves) or gradual processes (e.g. desertification, sea level rise, loss of biodiversity).

These events result in losses and damages, a significant topic in climate change discussions. Estimates suggest annual loss and damage costs associated with climate change will range from $290 to $580 billion by 2030.

Losses and damages can occur in human (e.g: loss of livelihoods) as well as natural systems (e.g. loss of biodiversity) and the losses can be economic (income and physical assets) and non-economic (at individual - like lives and health, society - like indigenous knowledge and cultural identity, and environmental level - like biodiversity and ecosystem services).

By reducing the risk and impact of disasters, Disaster Risk Management (DRM) efforts can help prevent or minimise the occurrence of losses and damages and build climate resilience.

To anticipate and minimise these impacts, we take action before the impact of a disaster. We do so to reduce the risk to communities, mitigate the negative impacts of a disaster, and preserve development gains. We use a risk-informed approach and integrate disaster risk reduction and preparedness in our programming wherever possible.

Our experience

Risk mapping/risk identification using participatory approaches involving local communities and combining both traditional knowledge and scientific data

Support the development of locally led specific and multi-hazard early warning systems to provide timely alerts and information about hazards, enabling communities to take proactive measures to reduce risks and minimise losses

Disaster risk reduction initiatives to reduce the likelihood or the scale of a disaster, including constructing climate-resilient infrastructure, sustainable land management practices and ecosystem-based approaches, the restoration and conservation of natural ecosystems (e.g. mangroves, wetlands, forests) that provide critical services such as flood protection, water purification, and carbon sequestration

Community-based preparedness and contingency planning, including capacity building and support for resource mobilisation among local authorities, civil society, and communities

Early anticipatory action by assisting ahead of a crisis to help people better anticipate and cope with its impact.

Social protection and safety nets to help communities recover from climate-related disasters and rebuild their lives, including cash transfers, food assistance, livelihood support, and access to other services such as mental health psychosocial support.

We have gained experience in the following areas:

Examples of interventions

Currently, we implement DRR and preparedness activities in Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines. We prioritise a community-centred approach, as we can only achieve effective and sustainable results through active community engagement and local knowledge.

Our PIN Cambodia team has pioneered Southeast Asia's early warning system since 2013. Its success has inspired countries like the Philippines and Laos. EWS is gaining recognition as a critical approach to disaster risk reduction.

In the Philippines, funded by the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), the STREAM-EWS project will enhance disaster preparedness and impact mitigation, targeting 450,000 inhabitants in the Mindanao region. This approach integrates solar-powered and mobile data-enabled water and flood gauges hosted in the cloud. This technology promises fast, relevant, and context-specific flood warnings. Furthermore, there is a commitment to expand risk data collection to include critical parameters like wind speed, gusts, direction, and rainfall.

In Nepal, the Pratibaddha 2 project focuses on local governance to promote and build local capacities in inclusive disaster preparedness and early actions for at-risk households. It aims to do so by unlocking the potential for better local government preparedness and response through nature-based solutions, early warning systems, anticipatory actions, and shock-responsive social protections.

Memberships

We are an active member of the Anticipation Hub and Risk-Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP), the Associated Programme for Flood Management under the World Meteorological Organisation and Global Water Partnership, the START network, and we hold an observer position in the Climate Risk & Early Warning System (CREWS) initiative.

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Disaster Risk Management and Early Warning systems

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Enhance DRM in areas prone to climate change-induced shocks and stresses such as droughts, floods and landslides, with an accent on Early Warning systems

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Gavin Bernstein - Founder of the UgoRound Multi Hazard Early Warning System

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Gavin Bernstein - Founder of the UgoRound Multi Hazard Early Warning System

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Founder and chief architect of UgoRound, a multi-hazard early warning system designed to enhance public safety through real-time, location-based alerts.

With a background in technology and a passion for community engagement, I have been a vocal advocate for improving how authorities communicate with citizens before, during and after disasters and emergencies.

Recognising the limitations of traditional communication channels, we developed UgoRound as a decentralized, web-based platform that enables local authorities to efficiently disseminate critical information on a web based Alert and Incident Map. The Map can then be linked to the DRR agency or local government website. The system prioritises user privacy—requiring no personal data from recipients—and ensures alerts are hyper-localized and contextually relevant to those at risk.

Email: gavin@ugoround.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-bernstein-0149a228/

Web: https://www.ugoround.com/

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Program financial reporting manager coming from middle east with more than 13 years of experience in finance and accounting, I'm part of the business finance partnering team - International

Previously I worked with Oxfam as finance manager across MENA region

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Anneleen Vos, International Rescue Committee, Senior Policy Advisor

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Anneleen Vos, International Rescue Committee, Senior Policy Advisor

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anneleen.vos@rescue.org

Policy advisor on climate finance and aid reform in IRC's Global Policy & Solutions team, with a focus on improving finance for fragile and conflict-affected settings, and increasing pre-arranged finance and Anticipatory action.

A few recent relevant resources:

New Era for Aid:

https://www.rescue.org/report/new-era-aid-2025-prioritising-people-and-protecting-progress

COP29 paper: https://www.rescue.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/Turning%20Words%20Into%20Action_IRC%20COP29.pdf

IRC's 'Follow the forcast' approach tested in Guatemala: https://www.rescue.org/report/follow-forecast-evaluation-rapid-contingency-planning-approach-anticipatory-action-through

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Paula Haro - IFRC Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

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Paula Haro - IFRC Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

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Email: paula.haro@ifrc.org

Technical lead on climate adaptation, climate mitigation and community resilience, Anticipatory Action Focal Point for the IFRC ROE covering European and Central Asian Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies.

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Alice Castillejo - Programme Development Manager, CLEAR Global

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Alice Castillejo - Programme Development Manager, CLEAR Global

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CLEAR Global is an international NGO working to make sure that people get the information they need, and have their voices heard, whatever language they speak. We do our work in partnership, providing language services and translation, language research, language data and maps, and cutting edge language technology for low-resource languages.

We are looking for partners who want to understand and address language exclusion in their climate focused communications or warnings.

For more information contact alice.castillejo@clearglobal.org

www.clearglobal.org

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Research Fellow, Global Risks and Resilience Programme, ODI Global

e.gogerty@odi.org

Emma leads ODI Global’s work on inclusive risk management, including advancing technical understanding of how intersecting dimensions of social identity (e.g. gender, age, ethnicity, disability, geography etc), influence people’s capacity to manage shocks, and how more inclusive, risk-informed development solutions can be promoted. She has worked with and advised a range of governments, UN agencies, civil society organisations, foundations, multilateral and regional organisations on policies, strategies and implementation around climate change, disaster risk management, resilience, gender equality, social inclusion and sustainable development.

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Climate and Preparedness Thematic Lead - IFRC for Europe & Central Asia - Budapest, Hungary Krystell.santamaria@ifrc.org 

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Krystell Santamaria M - Climate and Preparedness Thematic Lead, IFRC ROE

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Krystell Santamaria M - Climate and Preparedness Thematic Lead, IFRC ROE

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Email: Krystell.santamaria@ifrc.org Leading the Climate and Preparedness agenda on behalf of the IFRC – Regional office, to Strengthen the capacity of National Societies in the Europe and Central Asia region to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to crises by integrating climate action, cash preparedness, and community-resillience into their disaster preparedness as well the environmental sustainability strategies. This will be achieved through evidence-based approaches, cross-sector collaboration, and alignment with local, regional actors to implement the locally lead action.

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Climate Risk Insurance and Anticipatory Actions Regional Advisor for WFP in West Africa

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LinkedIn

Email: frederica.andriamanantena@wfp.org

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Disaster Preparedness & Anticipatory Action. Brussels, Belgium

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nassim.abiza@ec.europa.eu

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Project and Partnership Manager at the Anticipation Hub!

Email: c.klingler@drk.de

LinkedIn: Christina Klingler | LinkedIn

Happy to connect :)

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I am working with CAFOD as the Global Emergency Response Officer (zstanikzai@cafod.org.uk)

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I am a strategic design consultant and researcher, with over 20 years of experience working on government policy and programme delivery. I have worked mostly in Asia-Pacific, but am now based in Italy. I am currently working with REAP as a consultant on the post-2025 strategy process.

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Program Director, Transitions Research, TLS Lead, ARA.

prerna@transitionsresearch.org

India

Climate Resilience & Adaptation.

We at Transitions and ARA work on action research, knowledge and evidence synthesis of adaptation and resilience actions. We are looking for like-minded people interested in bringing on-ground knowledge on adaptation and resilience to the global policy forefront, and implement and test solutions on ground.

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Adaptation Research Manager, C40 Cities

ecrispin@c40.org

As Adaptation Research Manager, Euan is responsible for establishing the evidence base for adaptation and resilience in cities, helping them identify, target and respond to specific challenges and unlock action to existing and emerging climate risks.

Euan is an experienced international development and urban professional. He previously worked as a consultant on urban resilience projects in East Africa and Southeast Asia for organisations including the FCDO, UCLG and Mercy Corps. He was also involved in supporting country-level and regional urban programmes and projects at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic while working for UN-Habitat in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Disaster Preparedness Consultant (EW4ALL), International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Geneva

In March 2022, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General (SG) launched the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) Initiative, which stipulates that by 2027, every person in the world should be protected by an early warning system. This initiative’s action plan puts the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in the leading role on Pillar 3 of the initiative, “Warning Dissemination and Communication” – a critical component of the early warning systems value chain that ensures alerts reach the people at risk in time to take action.

E: yirgalem.endire@itu.int / yirgalemn@yahoo.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yirgalem-endire-2a443b30/

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Working with DKH in Nairobi regional office as Programs coordinator and DRR focal point

Email: merceline.atieno@diakonie-katastrophenhilfe.de

Phone number: +254726802562

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Yi Wang, CREWS

Geneva Switzerland.

We are organizing a CREWS session at 12th Global Dialogue Platform with a Session Theme: "Increasing Access to Financing for Early Warning and Anticipatory Action: From Last Mile to First Mile."

Early Warning Systems (EWS) are critical enablers of anticipatory action, designed to provide timely forecasts and reduce disaster impacts. However, immediate access to financing remains a barrier, especially for national and local actors in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Key Points:

1. Governments must prioritize financing for Early Warning (EW) and Anticipatory Action (AA) in disaster strategies.

2. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) should be integral to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) discussions.

3. Development partners are called to make financing accessible, diversified, and sustainable.

CREWS Initiative Contributions:

Strengthens NMHS capacities for accurate forecasts and forecast-based financing.

Partners with organizations to develop learning modules on Anticipatory Action.

Strategizing until 2030 to create a financing window for technical assistance, capacity-building, and innovative practices.

and etc.

Contact Information:

Email: ywang@wmo.int

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ywang2020

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I am part of the global IFRC-DREF team, working on Anticipatory Pillar, which provides funds for National Red Cross Red Crescent Societies via Early Action Protocols and simplified Early Action Protocols and DREF for imminent events.

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Dharam Uprety, Thematic Lead-Climate and Resilience, Practical Action Asia

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Dharam Uprety, Thematic Lead-Climate and Resilience, Practical Action Asia

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I have over 20 years of professional working experience in the field of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, Early warning system and nature-based solutions both at the national and international level. Currently I am working in Practical Action South Asia office based in Kathmandu as thematic Lead for climate and resilience. I did a Ph.D. in environmental sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria in 2006 and did a post-Doctorate Degree at the Czech University of Life sciences in Prague, Czech Republic in 2008.  I  have been an official delegate from the Government of Nepal since COP-26, COP-27 and COP-28.

email: dharam.uprety@practicalaction.org.np, and dharam.uprety@gmail.com

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Dharam Raj Uprety - Thematic Lead: Climate and Resilience - Practical Action | LinkedIn

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Thematic lead: climate and resilience for Practical Action Nepal (PA); has over 18 years of experience in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, EWS and action research, natural resource management · I have been working in Practical Action South Asia Office, Kathmandu as Thematic Lead: Climate and Resilience since early 2019. Before joining Practical Action, I used to work as Programme manager: climate change and disaster risk management at HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Nepal for about 4 years; Outcome Manager: Climate Change and Forestry for a multi-stakeholder , managed by the Embassy of Switzerland, Nepal for about 5 years. I have more than 18 years of working experience in Nepal's forestry sector, climate change, and rural livelihoods, DRR and resilience. I have a PhD in Forest Management & rural livelihoods from University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria in 2006, and completed Post-Doc in Applied and Landscape Ecology from Czech from University of Life Sciences in Prague in 2008. · Experience: Practical Action · Education: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) · Location: Kathmandu · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Dharam Raj Uprety’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.

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Director, Preparedness and Field Readiness

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mike_weickert@wvi.org

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Senior Advisor - Climate, Environment and Migration, IMPACT Initiatives.

Geneva, Switzerland

Leading IMPACT Initiative's work around climate change adaptation, environmental risk management and displacement. Current focus on reinforcing the availability and use of risk data at the community level to enable locally led climate action.

Climate Watch: Data on Climate-Related Risks in Vulnerable Contexts | Impact (impact-initiatives.org)

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Natasha Westheimer | Co-Coordinator | Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations Secretariat

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Natasha Westheimer | Co-Coordinator | Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations Secretariat

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Natasha has over a decade of experience at the nexus of water and climate governance, sustainable development, and peace and security. Natasha has dedicated her career to unravelling and addressing the complex interactions between environmental challenges and social issues, supporting communities in fragile regions and conflict zones to secure water rights and build climate resilience. Her work has spanned a variety of roles, from facilitating high-level regional water negotiations with UN institutions to supporting civil society organizations and community initiatives to advance climate adaptation and navigate risk, largely in the SWANA/MENA region. Natasha holds a Master’s in Water Science, Policy, and Management from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor’s in International Development and Conflict Mitigation from the University of Maryland.

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Policy director Climate adaptation

Section for nature and climate

Norad - Norway's Agency for Development Cooperation

lars.andreas.lunde@norad.no

+47 92685751

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Regional Anticipatory Senior Officer with the IFRC MENA office

charbel.elia@ifrc.org

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Head Projects and Partnerships

UK/US

n.hare@humanityinsured.org

Working with partners to transform the insurance system, using philanthropic and private capital we help communities on the climate crisis frontline access and pay for new forms of insurance.

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About Us

We are Humanity Insured.

A new not-for-profit, set up with the backing of the insurance industry, which empowers communities to build climate resilience through financial resilience.

We achieve this by using private and philanthropic capital at scale to help people on the climate crisis frontline access and pay for new forms of insurance. The financial protection insurance provides empowers people to invest in everything from education to new farming techniques.

This means that failed harvests don't steal childhoods. Sick livestock don't become lost livelihoods. And disasters don't descend into crises.

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A new not-for-profit, set up with the backing of the insurance industry, which empowers communities to build climate resilience through financial resilience. We achieve this by using private and philanthropic capital at scale to help people on the climate crisis frontline access and pay for new forms of insurance.

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Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs)

rking@chathamhouse.org

Co-lead of Chatham House and Practical Action 'EWAC' research project – Early Warning and Early Action for Cascading risks to food security

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Policy officier for disaster risk reduction and loss and damage - French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Paris, France

lorelei.lankester@diplomatie.gouv.fr

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Nathan Jensen, Research Lead, Jameel Observatory, University of Edinburgh

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Nathan Jensen, Research Lead, Jameel Observatory, University of Edinburgh

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email: njensen@ed.ac.uk

The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action is an international partnership led by the University of Edinburgh with the International Livestock Research Institute, Save the Children, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and Community Jameel

Our vision is that vulnerable pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in target regions of East Africa are more prepared for and resilient to the effects of evolving environmental shocks and stresses on their food security and nutrition.

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The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action in East Africa combines local knowledge with innovations in data science and humanitarian action to devise solutions that can predict, prepare for and overcome climate-related food security challenges in dryland pastoral settings

alan.duncan@ed.ac.uk

https://jameelobservatory.org/food-security-early-action/

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Deputy Chief

UNDRR Regional Office for Africa

Nairobi, Kenya

beynon@un.org

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Associate Partnership Officer in the Office of the Special Advisor on Climate Action, UNHCR Geneva

Email: birner@unhcr.org

Mobile: +4917656709098

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How can we better use evidence and research through partnerships to improve adaptation efforts against extreme heat? That is pretty much the key question around what I do. I am the Technical Support Unit Coordinator at the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN), held at the WMO-WHO Joint Office for Climate and Health. I hold a degree in Engineering, I did a Master's degree in Public Policy and a 2nd one in Urban Planning. I am a former Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute. Over the last 10 years I have been working in evidence generation and project management engaging with local governments around sustainable urban development, climate action, climate adaptation with special focus on extreme heat.

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Virginia Murray, Head of Global Disaster Risk Reduction, UK Health Security Agency Virginia.Murray@UKHSA.gov.uk, Chair of the UNDRR/ISC Steering group working with Helene Jacot Des Combes helene.jacotdescombes@council.science and many others for a light touch update for the Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) | PreventionWeb for sharing at the Eighth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) | PreventionWeb

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Three years after their initial release, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the International Science Council (ISC) are undertaking a review of the UNDRR/ISC Hazard Information Profiles ( HIPs) ahead of the Global Platform that will take place in 2025. These HIPs provide a reference on the scope, name, and definitions of hazards of relevance to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

The HIPs were hailed as "groundbreaking" in the Report of the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework in 2023 and continue to provide extensive information to various stakeholders across different sectors, including disaster risk reduction planning, monitoring, training, and research. They are widely utilized by intergovernmental bodies, national governments, disaster management agencies, statistical offices, private sectors, and academic institutions, fostering a more comprehensive and unified approach to disaster risk monitoring, recording, and planning.

For example, The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have incorporated these profiles in their reference systems and are employing them in some of their training globally. Additionally, UNDRR uses these profiles for monitoring disasters, while numerous other stakeholders use them as foundational tools for disaster planning and response efforts, research and teaching.

In this review cycle, particular emphasis will be placed on the "multi-hazard context," aiming to enhance understanding of the interplay between different hazards, which can result in cascading, compound, and complex events. This will facilitate the utilization of the profiles for multi-hazard risk assessment and early warning systems.

Leveraging the latest advancements in machine learning, efforts will be made to make the HIPs more machine-actionable, thereby expanding their usability and applications.

Leading this initiative is a steering group chaired by Professor Virginia Murray, comprising representatives from 18 agencies and institutions involved in disaster risk reduction. The steering group will oversee the review process, with eight dedicated technical teams focusing on specific hazard types proposing revisions to the existing HIPs. Additional groups will concentrate on addressing multi-hazard contexts and enhancing machine actionability. The detailed composition of the Steering Group is available here.

A call for users to provide feedback on the reviewed HIPs will be organized later this year before the launch expected at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2025.

Contact

For additional information, please contact Hélène Jacot des Combes, ISC Project Manager at helene.jacotdescombes@council.science.

Image by Jose Antonio Gallego Vázquez on Unsplash.

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Disaster risk reduction: UNDRR and ISC to review Hazard Information Profiles ahead of 2025 Global Platform - International Science Council

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The UNDRR and ISC are undertaking a review of the Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) to enhance their relevance and usability in disaster risk reduction efforts, particularly in multi-hazard contexts.

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Head Climate Change, Save the Children UK

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I lead the climate vertical in the Global Programme's team at Save the Children, UK. Save the Children Australia are an accredited entity with the GCF on behalf of the Save Movement and as account holders we are implementing and designing child-centric climate action programmes. I joined Save the Children in Sept, 2023, before this I was with FCDO as the climate and environment advisor.

Email: d.kaur@savethechildren.gov.uk

(9) Daljeet Kaur | LinkedIn

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Guido Pizzini | iMMAP Inc. | Business Development, Impact and Partnerships Director

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Guido Pizzini | iMMAP Inc. | Business Development, Impact and Partnerships Director

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Established in 2006, iMMAP Inc. brings nearly two decades of experience in building local capacities, establishing and strengthening country-level information management expertise, and enhancing assessment and analysis capabilities. iMMAP Inc.'s technical expertise in risk analysis, cash programming, community engagement and social behavioural change positions the organisation as a key player in enhancing last-mile delivery for early warning systems. Working with communities affected by environmental hazards worldwide, iMMAP Inc. empowers them with local, participatory, and evidence-based approaches to disaster preparedness.

Recognising the importance of information and data management in effective climate and disaster risk analysis and communications, iMMAP Inc. is committed to establishing long-term risk management systems to support REAP. More about iMMAP Inc. here: https://immap.org/

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Independent International Development Consultant specialising in the design, implementation and evaluation of weather, climate and Early Warning Services.

E: becky.venton@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-venton-b4483981/

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Technical Consultant Early Warning Systems and Impact-based forecasting

Email: martijn.kwant@deltares.nl

Our Delft-FEWS end-to-end early warning systems for forecasting floods and droughts have been implemented in over 60 countries and cover/protect 33% of the GDP of the world (US, EU, AUS, LAC, Asia, Africa, Pacific). http://delft-fews.com/

What we offer (as Deltares):

1. World’s leading expertise on hydrological modelling/forecasting of coastal floods, fluvial floods and droughts.

2. A community of practice with national state actors, hydro-met agencies and ministries of water, who share best practices on country-level EWS implementations.

3. Experience with state actors on implementing EWS for trans-boundary river systems.

4. 25 years of experience across the entire EW value chain on implementing local state-led EWS.

What we seek:

Partners to share best practices on local end-to-end EWS

Partners with experience on implementing EWS in Africa to support our ambition to provide EW4All in Africa.

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Lamin Saidy - National Disaster Management Agency - The Gambia

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Lamin Saidy - National Disaster Management Agency - The Gambia

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Email: laminsaidylamin@gmail.com / ls22129191@utg.edu.gm

The National Disaster Management Agency of The Gambia is responsible of coordinating disaster risk reduction and climate hazards in the country.

We looking forward to establish partnership and collaboration for Climate and Disaster Risk Management as well as enhance Early Warning for all and Early Actions.

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Jean-Baptiste Migraine is Head of the Technical Coordination and GFCS support unit (TCG) at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). He graduated from an engineering school in development economics and holds a Masters degree in disaster risk management. He is coordinating the WMO contribution to CREWS, as well as leading a number of CREWS projects in Africa (regional projects : Central Africa, West Africa, South West Indian Ocean, and country projects in Burkina Faso, Chad, DRC, Mali, Niger, Togo).

Until 2017, he was Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the World Bank. He was leading investment projects in urban development, disaster risk management, meteorological, hydrological and early warning services in DRC (US$8 million), Mali (US$33 million), Niger (US$107 and US$65 million), Burkina Faso (US$33 million), and developed post disaster recovery and reconstruction projects following the floods in Burundi (2014, US$25 million) and Mozambique (2015, US$40 million).

Before joining the World Bank in 2011, he worked with a variety of national agencies, non-governmental and international organizations, research institutes and private companies, in France, Mali, Burkina Faso, Bolivia, Thailand, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Switzerland. He contributed to the setup of the WMO Disaster Risk Reduction Programme between 2004 and 2008 and as such contributed to the Third International Conference on Early Warning Systems in 2006. He supported the development of French disaster risk management public policies as part of the National Platform, and coordinated the European Network of National Platforms for disaster risk reduction, on behalf of the French government, from 2009 to 2011. He managed a water resources project in Bolivia with Kürmi NGO, developed runoff and sedimentation physical models in Thailand and VietNam with IRD research institute, and analysed global climate trends with UNEP (in Geneva) and University of East Anglia (in the UK).

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Margaux Pimond, Climate security PM, International Crisis Group

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Margaux Pimond, Climate security PM, International Crisis Group

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As Manager of the Climate, Environment and Conflict Project, I support Crisis Group's policy and advocacy activities on climate security. I also coordinate the Environmental Early Action and Risk Tracking Hub (EEARTH) pilot, an early warning system that blends climate and social sciences with field research to understand, anticipate and prevent climate security risks.

Before joining Crisis Group, I spent six years at Interpeace, where I supported and advised the implementation of peacebuilding projects aimed at addressing the root causes of conflict in West Africa and the MENA region.

I am based in Geneva and keen to connect with anyone working on these critical issues or those who have suggestions for potential contacts and partnerships. Please don't hesitate to reach out:

mpimond@crisisgroup.org

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William Martin | USAID-BHA | Technical Advisor

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William Martin | USAID-BHA | Technical Advisor

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William has over 15 years of experience working in challenging humanitarian contexts. During his career, he successfully championed anticipatory action and risk financing as well as cash, food security and market-based approaches across sectors. He held various field positions for NGOs, and since 2019, he is working as a Technical Advisor for USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), the U.S. Government lead for international disaster response. With a mandate to save lives, alleviate human suffering, and reduce the impact of disasters, BHA monitors, mitigates, and responds to global hazards and humanitarian needs. The Bureau also promotes resilience by preparing communities for disasters before they strike, and by helping people recover and move beyond crises.

Email: wmartin@usaid.gov

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Water and Climate Leader, Green Climate Fund (GCF)

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Bapon Fakhruddin| Green Climate Fund (GCF)

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Bapon Fakhruddin| Green Climate Fund (GCF)

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Dr Fakhruddin is an eminent hydro-meteorologist and climate risk assessor with 21 years’ global experience in hydro-meteorology and climate resilience projects. His key areas of expertise are integrated water resource management, hazards forecasting, climate and multi-hazard risk assessments and coastal community resilience.

Dr Fakhruddin recently joined GCF to provide leadership and oversight of the portfolio of investments in water resources for addressing climate change. Dr Fakhruddin has played a pivotal role in the design and implementation of weather, water and climate change adaptation projects for saving lives and livelihoods, while reducing property damage for more than 40 countries across Asia, the Caribbean, Africa and the Pacific.
E-mail: bfakhruddin@gcfund.org
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bapon/

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Chiara Ambrosino - Climate, Environment & Resilience Advisor - Plan International UK

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Chiara Ambrosino - Climate, Environment & Resilience Advisor - Plan International UK

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Email: chiara.ambrosino@plan-uk.org
based in UK.

Plan International focuses on locally-, women- and youth-led,  AA, DRR, climate resilience initiatives.
We look for opportunities to collaborate with local, national, international actors and agencies.

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Head, DRR, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Institutional Focal Point for Early Warning/Early Warnings for All Initiative

nbishop@iom.int
+41766364457

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Climate Change, DRR and Anticipatory Action Specialist - UNFPA
a.wuestenberg@unfpa.org
+41 797774672

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Interim Head of Policy at Global Resilience Partnership
Senior Program Manager - Energy and Resilience at World Resources Institute India

Work on climate resilience policy research and engagement at global and India level. Resilience mainstreaming focus sectors - Agriculture, Energy and Oceans/coasts

email - nginoya@wri.org and nginoya@globalresiliencepartnership.com
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/namrataginoya

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WMO Representative for North America, Central America and the Caribbean

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Our office is responsible to support all the actities implemented by the World Meteorological Organization Regional Association IV (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) and bring all the WMO scientific, technical and coordination capacities to support our members.

E-mail: rmartinez@wmo.int
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rodney-Martinez

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Coordinating Director
Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO) Headquarters
Trinidad and Tobago

CMO coordinates joint scientific and technical activities among the National Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Services (NMHSs) in 16 English-speaking Caribbean States. We work closely with disaster management agencies.

I serve on the WMO Research Board, as the RA IV representative, where I was the lead author of the Concept Note on "Innovations in Regions".

I am pleased to inform of an upcoming webinar, "Sowing Seeds of Innovation: A Regional Network for Hurricane Preparedness, Early Warning, Response and Recovery " by Dr Amanda Lynch, Chair of WMO Research Board, and Dr Roger Pulwarty, Senior Scientist, NOAA/PSL.  The webinar is schedule for 23 August 2023 at 11 am EDT.  The webinar will have interpretation in English and Spanish.  The link will be provided closer to the date.

The webinar will be interactive and will focus on the decision cycle that supports preparedness, early warnings, responses and recovery. It will introduce a series of workshops to be hosted by the WMO Research, which seeks to capture successful local innovations in service delivery. Harvesting these successes for adoption and adaptation around the region, and in similar contexts worldwide, will ensure that local innovations are recognised and built upon to improve early warnings for all.

CMO HQ has been strengthening NMHSs and Early Warning Systems with support of the WMO, World Bank, UNDRR and the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS).   We have implemented strategic plans and development of frameworks for weather, water, climate, and ocean services in 9 Member States.  We have also developed meteorological legislation and policy.

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Until 15 August 2023:
Policy/Programme Officer – Disaster Risk Reduction
European Commission
DG International Partnerships (INTPA)
Unit F.1 - Climate Change and Sustainable Energy; Nuclear Safety
Climate Change Sector
41 Rue de la Loi (L-41 08/058), 1049 Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 29 92369 - Jochen.LUTHER@ec.europa.eu

From 16 August 2023:
Technical Coordinator (Services)
Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific
Member Services and Development Department
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
36 Kim Chuan Road, Singapore 537054
Office: +65 6488 1864 - jluther@wmo.int

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I do Anticipatory Action evidence-generation and knowledge management--- making sure the evidence gets out there!

I recently worked for WFP on measuring the impact of systems-building work on national capacities to anticipate drought. The case studies will be available soon and shared in the REAP meeting minutes with all members.

Email: kimberley.pham@wfp.org
She/her, they/them

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Tammy Janes, Climate Science Advisor, FCDO (Met Office secondee)

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Tammy Janes, Climate Science Advisor, FCDO (Met Office secondee)

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I am a climate scientist at the UK Met Office, focusing on the translation of seasonal and climate information to inform anticipatory action in developing countries.  Currently seconded to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

Email: tamara.janes@fcdo.gov.uk

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Vlad Kavaleuski, The Global Disaster Preparedness Center

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Vlad Kavaleuski, The Global Disaster Preparedness Center

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Knowledge Management Program Manager at the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (American Red Cross/IFRC). Leading GDPC knowledge-sharing and learning activities and research portfolio.
Website: https://preparecenter.org/
Email: vladislav.kavaleuski@redcross.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladislav-kovalevsky-89a925125/

Happy to connect!

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Humanitarian Policy Advisor
USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance
sschomig@usaid.gov

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Joel Myhre - Pacific Disaster Center Engagement Lead

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Joel Myhre - Pacific Disaster Center Engagement Lead

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https://www.pdc.org/un-sasakawa-award-2022/

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Hawai'i's Pacific Disaster Center receives prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction - Pacific Disaster Center

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Bali, Indonesia / Kihei, HI: The University of Hawaiʻi's Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) was named laureate of the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction during the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) in Bali, Indonesia on May 25, 2022. "This award is given every three years to individuals or institutions that [...]

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Cristian Camilo Fernández Lopera, Project associate, InsuResilience Global Partnership Secretariat.

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Cristian Camilo Fernández Lopera, Project associate, InsuResilience Global Partnership Secretariat.

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I am part of the Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions promoting socially-inclusive approaches to Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance:
Home | Centre of Excellence for Gender-smart Solutions (insuresilience.org)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristian-camilo-fern%C3%A1ndez-lopera-159baba4

cristian.fernandezlopera@giz.de
ccamilofernandez@gmail.com

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It's time to kick-off the InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender Smart Solutions!

News

The InsuResilience Global Partnership's High-Level Consultative Group endorses Declaration on Gender

News

Your online repository of information and knowledge-exchange platform on gender-related aspects in the area of Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI).

The InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions will enable you to find out how to create gender-transformative action on the ground by accessing the latest knowledge, provide hands-on guidance, inform you on exciting opportunities and bring you closer to a vivid community that is re-thinking gender-inclusiveness.

The Platform delivers on the four pillars:

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It's time to kick-off the InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender Smart Solutions! News The InsuResilience Global Partnership's High-Level Consultative Group endorses Declaration on Gender News Your online repository of information and knowledge-exchange platform on gender-related aspects in the area of Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI).

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Programme Officer Disaster Risk Reduction & Recovery in the Climate, Environment, Energy and DRR (CEED) team in UNICEF HQ.

Email: soplee@unicef.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-lee-098a97162/

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GCF Programme Advisory Consultant (Climate Services and Early Warning Systems), Early Warning and Assessment Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Email: portia.hunt@un.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/portia-hunt

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Project Manager, Academic Alliance for Anticipatory Action (4As)

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University

https://fic.tufts.edu/research-item/academic-alliance-for-anticipatory-action/

4As is a global consortium of 7 universities that is developing the evidence base on anticipatory action. Email me at Carolyn.Van_Sant@tufts.edu to find out more and/or collaborate with us!

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Programme Officer
Regional Office for the Americas & the Caribbean
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
jair.torres@un.org
M: +33 603317926
United Nations House, Barbados
Websites: www.undrr.org  |  www.preventionweb.net  |  https://globalplatform.undrr.org/
Twitter: @jair_torres_11

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Grégoire BORCHARD - Junior Programme Officer - Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) Facility - UNCDF

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Grégoire BORCHARD - Junior Programme Officer - Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) Facility - UNCDF

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Email: gregoire.borchard@uncdf.org

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BRIDGING THE CLIMATE AND FINANCE GAP

in communities worldwide

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

at the field level

FINANCING LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

in developing and least developed countries

​The Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) Facility of the UN Capital Development Fund serves as a mechanism to integrate climate change adaptation into local governments' planning and budgeting systems, increase awareness of and response to climate change at the local level, and increase the amount of finance available to local governments for climate change adaptation.

Local authorities of the least developed countries (LDCs) are uniquely positioned to identify the climate change adaptation responses that best meet local needs. Furthermore, they typically have the mandate to undertake the small- to medium-sized adaptation investments needed to build climate resilience. Yet they frequently lack the resources to do so, especially in a way aligned with established decision-making processes and public planning and budgeting cycles.

LoCAL combines performance-based climate resilience grants (PBCRGs), which ensure programming and verification of climate change expenditures at the local level, with technical and capacity-building support. It is designed to re-enforce existing national and sub-national financial and fiscal delivery systems, and it uses the demonstration effect to trigger further flows for local adaptation - including national fiscal transfers and global climate finance for local authorities - through their central governments.​

LoCAL aims to promote climate change-resilient communities and economies by increasing financing for and investment in climate change adaptation at the local level in LDCs and other countries.

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BRIDGING THE CLIMATE AND FINANCE GAP in communities worldwide CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION at the field level FINANCING LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION in developing and least developed countries ​The Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) Facility of the UN Capital Development Fund serves as a mechanism to integrate climate change adaptation into local governments' planning and budgeting systems, increase awareness of and response to climate change at the local level, and increase the amount of finance available to local governments for climate change adaptation.

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Rashmi Venkatraman - Independent Consultant + DrPH candidate at LSHTM

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Rashmi Venkatraman - Independent Consultant + DrPH candidate at LSHTM

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Email: rashmi.venkatraman@lshtm.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashmi-venkatraman/

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Anastasia Brainich, Head of Policy, Global Resilience Partnership

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Anastasia Brainich, Head of Policy, Global Resilience Partnership

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Ahmed Amdihun, Programme Manager, IGAD Disaster Risk Management 

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Ahmed Amdihun, Programme Manager, IGAD Disaster Risk Management 

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www.icpac.net

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Anna Farina, Head of Crisis Anticipation and Risk Finance - Start Network                                                                  

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Anna Farina, Head of Crisis Anticipation and Risk Finance - Start Network                                                                  

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Head of Crisis Anticipation and Risk Finance   Start Network  anna.farina@startprogrammes.org
www.startnetwork.org
I am leading the Crisis Anticipation and Risk Finance team at Start Network focusing on building locally-led Disaster Risk Finance systems at national level in a number of country including Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Magagascar, DRC and Zimbabwe.

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Carly Redhead, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (Head of Impact Partnerships)

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Carly Redhead, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (Head of Impact Partnerships)

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creating partnerships with NGOs, government, CSOs & technology orgs. We can help you access and use OpenStreetMap data in your early action work (e.g. up-to-date basemaps, participatory mapping to add hyper-local knowledge)

Carly.redhead@hotosm.org / partnerships@hotosm.org

https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/capturing-opportunities-for-openstreetmap-data-to-better-support-anticipatory-action

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Capturing opportunities for OpenStreetMap data to better support Anticipatory Action

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There are a vast array of opportunities for open geospatial data, like OpenStreetMap (OSM) to support anticipatory action. This blog captures key insights and examples of how the German Red Cross, along with different partners of the Anticipation Hub - 510 (an initiative of the Netherlands Red Cross…

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Alison Sneddon, Global Resilience Advisor, GOAL

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Alison Sneddon, Global Resilience Advisor, GOAL

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Working to incorporate resilience into humanitarian and development programming and foster innovations in resilience approaches and methods.

Focusing on anticipatory action, forecast-based early action, early warning, and eco-DRR, and considering gender and social inclusion across these modalities.

Find our more about GOAL's Crisis to Resilience Strategy here - GOAL Global

See details of our resilience-building work here - Resilience Nexus

Connect with me and find out more about my work on LinkedIn

Get in touch via email - asneddon@uk.goal.ie

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Laura MacLean, Social Development Adviser, Social Protection Team, FCDO

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Laura MacLean, Social Development Adviser, Social Protection Team, FCDO

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Email: Laura.maclean@fcdo.gov.uk

Lead adviser on social protection and climate

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Head, Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Secretariat

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Geneva, Switzerland

E: jharding@wmo.int
T: +41 22 730 83 73│M: +41 79 444 41 30 Skype: johnalexanderharding

Website: www.crews-initiative.org│Tweet: @CREWSinitiative

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Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, UN Foundation

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Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, UN Foundation

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Senior Advisor, Adaptation and Resilience
CRumbaitisdelrio@UNFoundation.org
Climate and Environment | unfoundation.org
Starting up a brand new programme on adaptation and resilience!

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Forging Climate Intersections

We bring expertise to bear on a range of issues and fields that profoundly effect, and are affected by, climate change⁠-from foreign policy to finance, and across the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Learn More

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Forging Climate Intersections We bring expertise to bear on a range of issues and fields that profoundly effect, and are affected by, climate change⁠-from foreign policy to finance, and across the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Learn More

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Putera Zenata (Zen), Regional Program Officer, NDC Partnership
Email: Putera.Zenata@ndcpartnership.org
Website: https://ndcpartnership.org/
Singapore

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Africa Climate Week

The NDC Partnership will be actively engaged at Africa Climate Week ﻿on 29 August through 2 September 2022 in Libreville, Gabon, to empower stakeholders and drive climate action across the region.

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The NDC Partnership will be actively engaged at Africa Climate Week ﻿on 29 August through 2 September 2022 in Libreville, Gabon, to empower stakeholders and drive climate action across the region.

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I am Policy Coordinator for the REAP Secretariat. Prior to this position, I served as a Scientific Officer for the World Weather Research Programme of the WMO. I am from the United Kingdom, where I managed a research to operations development programme, which delivered improvements in African weather forecasting capability and communication, from hours to seasons.

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Lockdown photo, smart jacket with tracksuit ;-)

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Previously a composer agent, travel writer, teacher and English for development programme manager, I now manage our global partnerships for Met Office International. I would like to combine my practical experience of early warning technical assistance programmes with my recently acquired knowledge of WMO guidelines/standards and policies to figure out how governments can work better with, and consistently fund, NMHSs and their partners so they can deliver more effective national early warnings. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyree-pinder-73613038/

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Climate and DRR Specialist, Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance

Email: kmandala@usaid.gov

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Bo Ra Kim
Programme Management Officer
Climate Services and Capacity Building Unit
UNEP
email: bora.kim@un.org

UNEP has a growing global funds portfolio of CIEWS projetcs/programmes:
- UNEP GCF-funded CIEWS programme in 5 Pacific Island Countries: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/new-unep-programme-support-climate-resilience-pacific-islands
- UNEP GCF-funded CIEWS project in Timor-Leste: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/major-new-project-enhance-early-warning-systems-increased-climate

UNEP is also one of the founding members of the SOFF and is providing inputs into the early warnings for all initiative led by the WMO.

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Nairobi, 11 November 2020 - A transformative new programme initiated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) aims to establish climate and ocean information services and multi-hazard early warning systemsin Pacific Small Island Developing States, which are among the most vulnerable in the world when it comes to climate change, natural disasters and increasingly frequent or intense extreme climate events such as tropical cyclones, flooding and drought.

At its 27 th Board meeting on 10 November 2020, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved the submission of a US$49.9 million programme - of which USD 47.4 million represents the GCF grant - on Enhancing Climate Information and Knowledge Services for resilience in 5 island countries of the Pacific Ocean. This is UNEP's first multi-country programmatic initiative in the GCF, and will cover the Cook Islands, Niue, Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu, countries with some of the world's smallest and most dispersed populations surrounded by vast ocean areas.

Strengthening the resilience and capacity of Pacific Small Island Developing States to adapt to climate change cannot be achieved without scientific knowledge and data on climate and its impacts. The new programme aims to develop climate science and information services that are essential for sustainable development, environmental management, disaster risk reduction, food security, health services, water resource management and energy efficiency. Early warning systems facilitate effective disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, empowering populations at risk to initiate timely and appropriate actions to reduce the impact of climate-related hazards and extreme weather events.

"Climate services and early warning systems address an urgent need to provide an evidence base for planning, decision-making and responses that have the potential to save lives and livelihoods. Improved capacity to observe and predict the impacts of a changing climate will contribute to more effective environmental management, disaster risk reduction and food security in Pacific Small Island Developing States," said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. "The Green Climate Fund Board's decision to invest in climate information and knowledge services in some of the countries most vulnerable to climate change is an important contribution to adaptation planning and science."

The new UNEP programme will ensure reliable, real-time access to essential climate observation data, including the installation of a meteorological observation point on each inhabited island of the five countries, and deliver innovative approaches to disaster risk management through impact-based forecasting and forecast-based financing.

"I am pleased the GCF Board's approval of USD 47.4 million will strengthen our partnership with UNEP to enhance climate information and knowledge services for resilience in Pacific Ocean countries. As a partnership organization, GCF operates through a network of accredited entities that work directly with developing countries to foster a paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate resilient pathways. This programme will do this by improving capacities to monitor, model and predict climate impacts in the Cook Islands, Niue, Palau, Marshall Islands and Tuvalu," said Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund

At least 80 per cent of the islands' populations will directly benefit from the programme through the promotion of diversified, climate-resilient livelihood practices informed by improved climate observation data and risk knowledge. In addition, the programme aims to achieve a 15-30 per cent reduction in economic damage and losses incurred due to climate-related hazards, and to enhance the productivity of climate risk-informed sectors. Strengthened ocean services will support sustainable marine ecosystems management.

"Niue is highly vulnerable to climate-related hazards and extreme climate events. This GCF-funded programme will empower our island populations to initiate timely and appropriate actions to reduce the Impact of hazards and extreme events by using improved climate information, early warning and risk knowledge. I applaud the efforts by everyone and the hard work towards the successful outcome of the approved programme Enhancing Climate Information and Knowledge Services for Resilience," said Hon. Dalton Tagelagi, Premier of Niue. "The benefits of this programme will impact greatly on the continued efforts of the Niue people to building a safer, more resilient Niue to impacts of Climate Change and towards achieving sustainable livelihoods for the Pacific."

The programme is part of UNEP's commitment as a founding member of the Alliance for Hydromet Development, launched in 2019 to ramp up action that strengthens the capacity of developing countries to deliver high-quality weather forecasts, early warning systems, water, hydrological and climate services. Since its launch, significant progress has been made by the Alliance Members convened by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in designing the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) to support countries to generate and exchange basic observational data critical for improved weather forecasts and climate services. This is will be important for the longer-term sustainability of the programme's results.

"The GCF-funded UNEP programme will provide a major boost for the observational networks run by the national meteorological and hydrological services in the five Pacific Small Island Developing States, filling data gaps that are of national, regional and global significance. For the longer-term sustainability of these efforts, the creation of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) is critical. The SOFF will support Small Island Development States and developing countries in new ways to substantially increase sustained generation and international exchange of basic observational data," said Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General.

"As the GCF Nationally Designated Authority (NDA) for Tuvalu, I take this opportunity to acknowledge and appreciate all the work that UNEP has done that has enabled this programme to be considered by the GCF Board. The support and efforts put forth by the national team from the Tuvalu Meteorological Service and the Climate Change Department in the formulation of this project proposal is highly commended. At this opportune time I sincerely thank the GCF Board and its Secretariat for their intense work. We look forward to the timely implementation of the programme at the 5 Pacific Island Countries. The programme is envisaged to strengthen the provision of reliable, delivery of climate information to aid decision making for resilience building," said Seve Paeniu, Tuvalu's Minister for Finance and Climate Change.

"Pacific Small Island Developing States are highly vulnerable to climate-related hazards and extreme climate events, such as tropical cyclones, flooding and drought. This Programme will empower island populations to initiate timely and appropriate actions to reduce the impact of hazards and extreme events by using improved climate information, early warning and risk knowledge," said Kosi Latu, Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme. "This is particularly timely as Pacific Island Countries face the double-edged challenge of climate change and a global pandemic. As secretariat of the Pacific Meteorological Council and host of the Pacific Climate Change Centre, we welcome this project to assist with addressing strategic priorities in the 5 countries and we look forward to supporting its implementation."
NOTES TO EDITORS
The programme will be implemented by national executing entities in the Cook Islands, Niue, Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu with coordination and oversight provided through by a Programme Management Unit hosted at UNEP's Pacific sub-regional Office in Apia, Samoa. In addition, the programme is anchored in a coalition of key partners, including the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, the Pacific Community, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, University of Hawai'i, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and APEC Climate Center (APCC), with technical advice from WMO.

UNEP's new initiative is firmly rooted within Pacific regional frameworks addressing priority needs identified by these States in the Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy 2017-2026 and the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific. It also aims to contribute to the achievement of selected targets and indicators of the Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 on Climate Action, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the SAMOA Pathway and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
About the UN Environment Programme
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About the Alliance for Hydromet Development
UNEP is a founding member of the Alliance for Hydromet Development, which brings together major international development, humanitarian and climate finance institutions, collectively committed to scale up and unite efforts to close the hydromet capacity gap.
For more information, please contact:
Keishamaza Rukikaire, Head of News & Media, UN Environment Programme

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New UNEP programme to support climate resilience in Pacific Islands through early warning systems

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Nairobi, 11 November 2020 - A transformative new programme initiated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) aims to establish climate and ocean information services and multi-hazard early warning systems in Pacific Small Island Developing States, which are among the most vulnerable in the world when it comes to climate change, natural disasters and increasingly frequent or intense extreme climate events such as tropical cyclones, flooding and drought.

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Advisory services on Climate and Disaster Resilience

Risk-Informed Humanitarian, Development & Peace Programming, Geneva, Switzerland

LinkedIn | Email: lars.bernd@gmail.com | lbernd@unicef.org

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Researcher, Academic Alliance on Anticipatory Action (4As), Feinstein International Center, Tufts University

Email: leah.poole@tufts.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahbannerpoole/
4As Web: https://fic.tufts.edu/research-item/academic-alliance-for-anticipatory-action/

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Senior Advisor, Livelihoods and Markets Division, the Bureau of Resilience and Food Security
Email: lwilkinson@usaid.gov

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Co-Chair of the WMO World Weather Research Programme High Impact Weather (HIWeather) project.

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Email: brian.golding@metoffice.gov.uk

HIWeather is a research project aimed at enabling improved weather-related warnings.  It focuses on the whole warning chain from observation through forecast and warning to response.

Early work reviewed the state of knowledge in the different components of the warning chain, leading to the writing of our book: "Towards the perfect Weather Warning".

Current activities are in the contribution of citizen science, on recording and analysing the performance of the complete value chain, and on gaps in our understanding of Impact-based Warnings.

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Molly McGregor, Knowledge and Learning Associate
NDC Partnership
Email: molly.mcgregor@ndcpartnership.org
LinkedIn: Molly McGregor
Website: NDC Partnership
Washington, DC

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Sarah Harris, Communication Lead, Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL)

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Sarah Harris, Communication Lead, Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL)

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Sarah Harris

Communication Lead

LoCAL Facility

sarah.harris.simpson@uncdf.org
Mobile and WhatsApp: +33 7 88 48 78 43

The Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) Facility designed and hosted by the UN Capital Development Fund serves as a mechanism to integrate climate change adaptation into local governments’ planning and budgeting systems, increase awareness of and response to climate change at the local level, and increase the amount of finance available to local governments for climate change adaptation.

Twitter: @UNCDFLoCAL
Website: https://www.uncdf.org/local/

Open to collaboration to boost communication on adaptation, climate finance, DRR, including around COP27. Please reach out.

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Technical Partnerships Advisor - Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing, Start Network

Email: milli.cooper@startprogrammes.org / FOREWARN@startnetwork.org

FOREWARN (the Forecast-based Warning, Analysis and Response Network) promotes and advocates for the mainstreaming of early action.

As a programme, FOREWARN aims to connect humanitarian actors with high-quality hazard and risk information shared and produced by scientists and experts, and to operationalise this information to improve the quality of anticipatory action.

The Global FOREWARN Community is a platform that contributes to the early action landscape, advocating for early action to become norm. Community meetings with a specific hazard theme take place on a quarterly basis and are open to all who work on anticipatory action.

Hazard-specific thematic global subgroups are made up of experts from within the Community who have volunteered their time and expertise to support Start Network members' anticipatory work.

National FOREWARNs are active in: Bangladesh, Madagascar, the Philippines, Pakistan

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Senior Researcher, Academic Alliance on Anticipatory Action (4As), Feinstein International Center, Tufts University

Research Associate, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Email: evan.easton_calabria@tufts.edu
Web: https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/people/evan-easton-calabria

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Nancy Hey, Director of Evidence and Insight, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

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Nancy Hey, Director of Evidence and Insight, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

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LRF is a global charity with a mission to engineer a safer world. We use the best data, evidence and insight available to better understand the complex factors that affect safety. One of our largest programmes – the World Risk Poll running biennially since 2019 - provides publicly available data on perceptions and experiences of risk from over 120,000 people in up to 140 countries. The 2021 data which is launching this year will include findings on worries and experiences related to disaster resilience. Insight from the Poll will be used by influential bodies, grassroots organisations and researchers to develop relevant and relatable policies that save lives and improve global safety.

Contact nancy.hey@lrfoundation.org.uk or visit the WRP website