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Warnings Briefing Note: Community-based early warning systems

Community-based early warning systems (CBEWS) provide community members with the information they need to assess the risk they are facing and make decisions to protect their lives and livelihoods. CBEWS are essential for achieving “early warning for all” as they help bridge the gaps in coverage of national early warning systems that often exclude communities with […]

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The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

This two-page briefing note introduces the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)—a standards-based approach for all-hazards, all-media public alerting. It explains how CAP provides a simple, consistent message format that supports best-practice warning templates, multilingual/multi-audience messages, precise geographic targeting, and improved update/cancellation features. The note also highlights operational benefits, including reduced costs and complexity by enabling a

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Dam Safety

Dams plays a vital role in different countries overall infrastructure. Dam infrastructure can be affected by natural hazards, man-made threats, as well as an imbalance between resources invested and a dam’s age. In several regions ageing infrastructure increases the particular risks of dam breaks and cascading events.

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Risk Communication

Risk communication refers to the exchange of real-time information, advice and opinions between experts and people facing threats to their health, economic or social well-being. The ultimate purpose of risk communication is to enable people at risk to take informed decisions to protect themselves and their loved ones. Available in EN and DE.

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Warning Briefing Note Series

UCL Warning Research Center, supported by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center/IFRC and in collaboration with the Anticipation Hub, launches the ‘Warning Briefing Note Series’ that addresses key aspects of warnings, covering state-of-the-art, key issues, examples, resources and recommendations to aid those working on policy and practice. Available topics Enhancing Warnings – Developing and supporting effective

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