From alert to agency: What turns warnings into action

Based on data from the fourth edition of the World Risk Poll, this report assesses disaster early warnings on whether they change what people can do.

Emerging trends in global resilience: launch of the 2026 World Risk Poll Resilience Index

To mark the UN’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, and as part of the ‘Road to Abu Dhabi’ series of convenings leading up to the Understanding Risk Global Forum in May 2027, this free...

Understanding the global landscape of heat early warning systems

This report provides a global overview Heat Early Warning Systems, examining where they exist, how they are designed and operated, and their challenges and opportunities.

The Tech That Warns Millions In Seconds And The Risk That Comes With It

Experts say when people receive too many warnings, especially for events that do not directly affect them, they begin to tune them out.

Climate warnings need to be told in tangible ways to prevent disaster

The science will tell us what is likely to happen. The harder question is whether that knowledge reaches people in a form they can feel and act on.

‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising...

Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact

Early warning early action in a world of changing risk

This report draws on best practice from across the anticipatory action community and beyond to identify how systems and practices can be strengthened to remain effective as risks change, including...

As communities face more frequent hazard warnings, we need better systems to avoid ‘emergency...

When trust in institutions is weak, emergency warnings can become entangled with narratives about government competency and bureaucratic overreach.

Strategic roadmap for localised early warning systems

This Strategic Roadmap provides a long-term framework to strengthen the leadership, capacity, and sustainability of civil society organisations and local actors in driving people-centred early...

Early warning as a public service: Embedding multi-hazard resilience into eGovernance systems

This paper outlines commonalities across domains & a phased roadmap (governance, platform, operations, scaling), with KPIs & measures e.g legal mandates, integration units, CAP interoperability,...

Cyprus launches national public warning system, powered by GCC and Intersec

As part of a broader reorganization of the civil protection sector, the Cyprus Civil Defence mandated GCC and Intersec to power the new Public Warning System.

Venezuela earthquakes highlight the limits of early warning systems

Earthquakes still arrive without warning. That is the hard truth scientists have been forced to accept, despite a decade of advances in artificial intelligence, satellite monitoring and dense seismic...

Three ways climate action can be more inclusive for 1.3 billion disabled people

How to place disabled people, who are some of the most vulnerable, at the centre of climate change negotiations.

Heat, humidity and housing: why British heatwaves hit differently

A 35°C heatwave really does “feel worse” in the UK than in many other countries.

The value of loss and damage data, from early warning to recovery

From drought preparedness in Africa to institutional strengthening in Kyrgyzstan and post-conflict recovery planning in the agricultural sector in Lebanon, explore how loss and damage data is being...

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Unifying climate and disaster risk management: Linking UNDRR and the UNFCCC through the Nairobi...

The sixty-fourth session of the Subsidiary Bodies under the UNFCCC SB64, held in Bonn, Germany, from 8–18 June 2026, offered encouraging examples of dialogue and collaboration on climate change...

Check out the brand-new hurricane ‘cone of uncertainty’ graphics arriving this season

The inland extent of watches and warnings will now be included, and an experimental cone will capture more areas at risk.

Public Warning Systems: Intersec launches accessibility frameworks to remove barriers to global...

Intersec launches two accessibility frameworks to remove barriers to global adoption for Public Warning Systems, in line with UN's EW4All initiative