Bali, Indonesia, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The III. The 20th Multiple Risk Early Warning Conference kicks off here today with the aim of building resilience to climate phenomena that cause thousands of deaths and millions of economic losses each year.
As announced by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on their website, leading experts will discuss hot topics such as: B. the tools needed to ensure countries can monitor, predict and alert on the top threats facing their populations.
“This conference provides a unique opportunity to review key achievements, share skills, experiences and knowledge within an active network of early warning professionals,” said WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas.
It is also one of the guiding principles established through its working sessions that people are at the heart of the development of systems, with sessions on governance and inclusive early warnings and the importance of incorporating the gender perspective.
How to engage the private sector, innovation and the next generation of forecasting systems will also be discussed.
The need for such early warnings was highlighted in a 2021 WMO report, which found that on average every day for the past 50 years, a weather, climate or water-related disaster has occurred, killing 115 people and causing daily average damage of 202 million dollars caused.
The number of events has quintupled over the past half-century due to climate change, but thanks to improved early warning and disaster management, the number of deaths has nearly tripled, the WMO said.
The international organization added that this III. Conference, whose sessions end tomorrow and for which two thousand people are expected to attend, takes place at a time when humanitarian needs are met due to the effects of climate change, conflict, war and the Covid19 pandemic.
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