Opportunities and Challenges for People-Centred Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems: Perspectives from the Global South

Budimir, M., Šakić Trogrlić, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-873X, Almeida, C., Arestegui, M., Chuquisengo Vásquez, O., Cisneros, A., Cuba Iriarte, M., Dia, A., Lizon, L., Madueño, G., Ndiaye, A., Ordoñez Caldas, M., Rahman, T., RanaTharu, B., Sall, A., Uprety, D., Anderson, C., & McQuistan, C. (2025). Opportunities and Challenges for People-Centred Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems: Perspectives from the Global South. iScience e112353. 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112353. (In Press)

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Abstract

This perspective critically examines the challenges and opportunities of implementing people-centred Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) in the Global South. Despite global initiatives, such as the Early Warnings for All initiative, operational realities lag behind. By exploring the needs of the most vulnerable and how core concepts of multi-hazard thinking (e.g., hazard interrelationships and vulnerability dynamics) integrate into different pillars and cross-cutting components of an MHEWS, the perspective highlights a mismatch between current ambitions and realities on the ground. Drawing on extensive experience from Practical Action, we identify opportunities to move towards MHEWS through outlining potential entry points in research, policy, and practice. We emphasise a need for localised, inclusive strategies that genuinely address the needs of the most vulnerable populations and fully encompass the meaning of multi-hazards, including hazard interrelationships, the dynamics of risk components, and the complexity of multi-hazard impacts.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	multi-hazards, multi-hazard early warning systems, early warning systems, participation, Global South
Research Programs:	Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) > Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR)
Depositing User:	Luke Kirwan
Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2025 12:36
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2025 12:36
URI:	https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/20501

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