Ongoing Programs Support to the Southeast Asia component of the WMO project on “Building resilience to high-impact hydrometeorological events through strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems in small island developing states and Southeast Asia”

RIMES supports WMO in implementing the Southeast Asia component of its project under the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative. Key activities include: Identification of ongoing/ recently completed regional and national programs and projects relevant to multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) and disaster risk reduction in the project countries Identification, analysis, and documentation […]

Countries :
Cambodia Lao PDR Philippines Thailand Vietnam
Date : November 2018 – July 2019

RIMES supports WMO in implementing the Southeast Asia component of its project under the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative. Key activities include: Identification of ongoing/ recently completed regional and national programs and projects relevant to multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) and disaster risk reduction in the project countries Identification, analysis, and documentation of various assessments of capacities, gaps, and needs relevant to MHEWS at regional, national, and sub-national/ local levels in the countries Mapping of how outcomes of these activities have addressed or are expected to address identified needs, and identification of remaining information needs for MHEWS at national and regional levels Review and documentation of existing national early warning context in the countries National stakeholder workshops to validate and enhance assessment results Regional and country-specific briefs providing comprehensive overview of MHEWS capacities, gaps and needs in the countries, including recommendations with corresponding resource requirements to enhance MHEWS

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Ongoing Programs
Timor-Leste
April 18, 2024

This Project aims address the urgent need for integrated climate information services, covering oceans, and proactive disaster risk management approaches founded on impact-based forecasting and end-to-end MHEWS in Timor-Leste through the following inter-related components:  Strengthened delivery model and legislation for climate information and multi-hazard early warning services;  Strengthened observations, monitoring, analysis and forecasting of climate […]

November 28, 2022

The six-year Intra-ACP : African, Caribbean, Pacific Group of States, Climate Services and Related Applications (ClimSA) project – with EUR 85 million in funding from the European Union – aims to improve the production, access to and use of climate information, services and applications for decision makers. The project will foster sustainable development through the […]

Complete Programs
Myanmar Philippines Vietnam
July 26, 2022

The project aims to establish 4 real-time sea-level stations in Myanmar (1), the Philippines (1), and Vietnam (2) for monitoring earthquakes, for tsunami early warnings. Key activities include site survey to determine location appropriate for tsunami warning, design and construction of seismic vaults, equipment acquisition, and on-site installation, telemetry, and reliability testing.