From Early Warning Systems to Impact-based Forecasting: Strengthening People-Centred Multi-Hazard Early Warning Services in the Caribbean Region

Organized by:
Climate Risk Early Warning Systems (CREWS)
World Bank
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)

 11:00-12:00 GMT-5
 3 November 2021
 Learning Labs 3
 Virtual

The goal of this facilitated Learning Lab is to strengthen the mutual understanding of IBF services, which routinely operate to provide actionable information on the potential impact of hazards, in a form that the general public, disaster managers, the private sector and other stakeholders understand and can use to protect lives, livelihoods, assets and property. This session will seek to:

• Introduce the concepts of Early Warning Services and Impact-Based Forecasting
• Build mutual understanding on the depth and breadth of opportunities and challenges in strengthening the availability of and access to impact-based multi-hazard early warning services delivering actionable disaster risk information to all people.
• Create a “living document” of collective intelligence on IBF to nourish current initiatives with views and opinions of different stakeholders and interested parties on impact-based multi-hazard early warning services.

Keynote presentation

David Farrell
Principal, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)

Facilitators

Nicole Greenidge
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) 

Anna-Maria Bogdanova
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank/ Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

Janot-Reine Mendler
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank/ Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

Lina Sjaavik
Project Officer, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Stephanie Gallasch
Associate Project Officer, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 

Saudia Rahat
Disaster Risk Management Specialist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Carlos Uribe
Programme Management Officer, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Jair Torres
Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)