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Early warning system

Climate service that runs the monitoring, forecasting, and communication functions of an early warning system so that timely alerts reach at-risk people and enable protective action.

Definition source: Sendai Framework; WMO multi-hazard early warning systems

Synonyms

EWS, Early warning

Broader

Climate service

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

INT_100 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_100
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_100)