World Meteorological Organization

As part of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2024 for the UNECE, the round table: "Solving the Rubik’s cube of the planetary crisis: lining up policy solutions for climate risks and biodiversity loss" focused on the importance of strengthening preparedness to climate extremes through multi-hazard early warning systems, and on holistic policies that simultaneously address both the biodiversity and climate crises.

Part 1: Actions to address climate-related risks and extreme events was opened by the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Prof. Celeste Saulo. To watch the round table, visit this link. 

The first half of the round table focused on the importance of strengthening preparedness to climate extremes through multi-hazard early warning systems, building on the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative of the UN Secretary General, which aims at spearheading action to ensure every person on Earth is protected by early warning systems by 2027. 

The second half of the roundtable explored the ways in which climate change and biodiversity loss can and should be addressed together with policies having largely tackled these challenges independently.