Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean
Time
11:00 - 12:30 (GMT-4)
This event will be live streamed.
Objective
Mobilize Prime Ministers of the Caribbean region to support the EW4ALL initiative and to accelerate national and regional governance mechanisms that will facilitate its implementation.
Overview
This will be the first regional launch of the initiative worldwide, and it will be an opportunity to harness the highest political as well as technical support to achieve the ambition set by the UN SG. Similarly, it would be an occasion to highlight the work that has been developed in the region, notably under the Climate Risk Early Warning Systems Caribbean Initiative, and from the different partners of the Regional Early Warning System Consortium chaired by CDEMA.
The outcomes of such event, will also contribute to the upcoming VIII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean to be held in Uruguay from 27 February to 2 March 2023, particularly to the joint meeting between directors of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, and the National Disaster Risk Management Agencies. Similarly, this event will inform the Mid-term review of the Sendai Framework high level meeting of the General Assembly to be held in New York in May 2023.
This initiative which is chaired by WMO and UNDRR, would be implemented with the support of the whole United Nations community, but notably in close coordination with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), as leaders of pillars 3 and 4 of the Initiative.
Programme
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11:00 – 11:05 |
Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director, CDEMA |
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11:05 – 11:10 |
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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11:10 – 11:15 |
Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary General – CARICOM |
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11:15 – 11:20 |
Cultural Presentation |
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11:20 – 11:30 |
P. M. of Saint Lucia, H.E. Philip J. Pierre |
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11:30 – 11:35 |
Cultural Presentation |
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11:35 – 11:50 |
P. M. of Barbados, H.E. Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., M.P |
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11:50 – 12:30 |
Panel discussion Moderator: Didier Trebucq, United Nations Resident Coordinator |
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Prof. Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of WMO |
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Ms. Mami Mizutori, SRSG for Risk Reduction, head of UNDRR |
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Mr. QU Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization |
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Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme |
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Mr. Gerard Howe, Chair of the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Ms Shajunee Gumbs, CDM Youth Ambassador of St. Kitts and Nevis |
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Mr. Ariel Kestens, Head of the Country Cluster Support Team for the Anglo Caribbean at IFRC |