Chad, Somalia and Ethiopia set to get early disaster warning systems after deadly Derna disaster

Chad, Somalia and Ethiopia are the first three African countries set to benefit from a new, large-scale push to establish potentially life-saving early warning systems in some of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries.

 

The initiative by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) will also cover Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Ecuador and Fiji. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will provide an initial injection of some R25 million to launch a much larger effort intended to deliver almost R3 billion from the GCF and partner governments to advance universal early warning.