PHT Anticipatory Action Technical Working Group (PHT AA TWG)

Early Warning Systems (EWS) are proven, effective, and feasible disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation measures which save lives and provide a tenfold return on investment. To be effective, early warning systems must be accessible, inclusive and appropriate to the needs of people and communities. Despite advancements in science and technology, some communities remain hard to reach with timely and accurate warning messages. To address this challenge, the United Nations Secretary-General launched the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative to ensure that every person on Earth is protected from disasters through life-saving early warning systems by 2027. In the Pacific, the regionally led Weather Ready Pacific Programme is a key vehicle for delivery of the EW4ALL.

The Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT) Anticipatory Action Technical Working Group (AA TWG) serves as a platform to coordinate, promote, and integrate anticipatory action across the disaster risk management and humanitarian cycles in the Pacific Island countries. Established under the PHT, the Working Group is dedicated to mainstream AA through a coordinated, inclusive, and people-centered approach, ensuring optimisation of resources and sustainability. The TWG will enable a paradigm shift from a reactive to a proactive approach ahead of predictable hazards. By providing a collaborative platform, it operationalizes anticipatory action by bridging early warning systems with pre-arranged financing and early actions, advocates for the systematic inclusion of anticipatory approaches in national and regional policies across the 14 Pacific Island countries and strengthens stakeholder capacity to localize these approaches effectively.