IMD: India played a big role in helping these countries in developing weather early warning system
IMD: The United Nations has launched a campaign called Early Warning for All. This campaign was started in the year 2022, in which the focus is on protecting all countries from natural disasters by the year 2027.
Indian Meteorological Department chief Mrityunjay Mahapatra has said that India is helping in developing early warning systems regarding the weather in five neighbouring countries. The neighbouring countries that India is helping include Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Mauritius. IMD Chief said that its objective is to prevent loss of life and property due to seasonal disasters. Patra said that India will play the role of elder brother and help its neighbouring countries to save themselves from natural disasters.
A new campaign named Early Warning for All has been introduced by the UN. To shield every nation from natural disasters by 2027, this campaign was launched in 2022. Speaking at the launch of the campaign's first phase, Mohapatra declared that India would assist five of the thirty countries listed. Currently, early warning systems are absent from 50% of nations. It comprises underdeveloped, tiny, and island nations. A significant amount of people and property are lost in natural disasters in these countries as a result of the absence of an early warning system.
Financial assistance will be provided on the basis of public-private partnerships to establish an early warning system regarding weather in these countries. Whereas technical support will be provided by India. According to the World Meteorological Organization report, 101 countries still do not have an early warning system for weather. According to the report, water-related disasters have increased five-fold between 1970 and 2019. Between 1970 and 2021, water-related disasters have caused 2 million deaths and $4.3 trillion in losses.
Between 2015 and 2022, there will be more than 41,000 disaster-related deaths annually. In addition, the population that is impacted by natural disasters keeps growing. Between 2013 and 2022, floods and storms claimed the lives of over 1,46,000 people in Asia alone. Just in 2022, there will be a $36 billion economic loss. There is a concern that by 2030, there might be 560 medium-to-large disasters worldwide annually.
