Climate Risk Early Warning Systems initiative launched at COP21

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Climate Risk Early Warning Systems initiative launched at COP21

02/12/2015 - 20:00

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02/12/2015 - 20:00

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Canada contributes $10 million to vulnerable states, delivered through WMO

PARIS, 2 December 2015 - The governments of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg and The Netherlands have agreed to give more than US$80 million to equip up to 80 countries with better climate risk early warning systems.

Countries from Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and, more broadly, nations in Africa will be the first to be supported from the so-called Climate Risk Early Warning Systems (CREWS). They are on the frontline of the most dramatic consequences of climate change and the least equipped with efficient early warning systems.
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