The Caribbean has become the first area in the world to witness a regional launch of the UN’s Early Warnings for All initiative (EW4ALL).
The initiative, which calls for investment across disaster risk knowledge, observation, forecasting, preparedness and response, and communication of early warnings, especially in vulnerable communities, was launched in Barbados on 6 February 2023.
Given the Caribbean’s history with natural disasters and the worsening threat of climate change, the region was seen as a fitting place to launch the initiative.