Combine art and technology for Early Warning for All: Hybrid analogue and digital early warning systems

This brief underlines that combining multiple knowledge systems and delivery formats in the design of early warning systems can help maximize the proportion of a user group that can access them and effectively use them to make decisions. Art installations, like sculpture and sound, can provide interactive and experiential forms of early warning, for example by being reactive to or activated by a change in weather conditions.

Early warning systems should be co-produced with intended users to ensure they meet their needs and preferences, and to increase legitimacy and acceptability. Actors who may have a stake in maintaining or using the systems should also be included in the co-production process, for example local government and traditional authorities. Establishing and maintaining effective co-production teams can enable more connected and adaptive hazard management strategies.