A workshop for the Civil Aviation Authority on early warning of disaster risks
The Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority organized the meteorological sector, in Sana’a, the first national workshop for early warning and early action on the risks of natural disasters, with the participation of a number of relevant authorities.
The workshop, which was held under the title “Towards an Effective Partnership in Early Warning and Early Action”, aimed to unify the efforts of all parties concerned with early warning of the risks of natural disasters, and to strengthen the national partnership to preserve lives and property.
During the workshop, the Minister of Transport, Abdel Wahab Al-Durra, pointed to the importance of strengthening cooperation and effective partnership between the meteorological sector and the relevant early warning authorities. He considered that unifying visions in information and data on climate and weather changes and their early dissemination and dissemination are among the most important factors contributing to reducing risks and damage.
He stressed the ministry’s keenness to support the efforts of the meteorological sector and to cooperate with active institutions in this matter, which affects the lives of citizens, and based on its importance as one of the central issues that receive special attention by the state.
Minister Al-Durra praised the National Meteorological Center’s specialized cadres and expertise that use scientific methods and advanced techniques in the field of meteorology, and the center’s role in providing its services to all segments of society in various governorates in a professional and impartial manner.
For his part, the President of the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority, Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Qader, indicated that the meteorological sector in the authority witnessed a development in the early warning system, using modern technologies and issuing warning notices in bad weather at an early date, to reduce the severity of weather disasters in Yemen, especially in recent years. The last one that witnessed climatic changes, floods and torrential rains.
He stressed the need to find an integrated partnership in coordinating a unified work to obtain information and data in accurate scientific ways that warn society early of any natural disasters.
In turn, the Assistant Undersecretary for the Meteorology Sector, Engineer Mohamed Saeed, stressed the importance of coordination and cooperation with the relevant authorities in early warning, to avoid losses and damages from weather, climate, water and environmental disasters.
He pointed to the importance of developing a road map for Yemen’s warning system, based on the foundations of international consensus in implementing effective early warning mechanisms led by the World Meteorological Organization.
The Assistant Undersecretary for the Meteorology Sector stated that the holding of the national early warning workshop comes in light of the need to urgently strengthen capacities and prepare to confront the principles of sustainability, in light of the celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, which falls on October 13.
The participants discussed 13 working papers submitted by 10 parties, primarily the ministries of health, agriculture and water, the Civil Defense Department, the private sector, and the FAO, all of which emphasized the importance of institutional work in building an early warning system, which begins with knowing and predicting danger, dissemination, communication and immediate response to rescue lives and property.
Meanwhile, the Department of Publication and Documentation in the Meteorological Sector presented a television movie on weather hazards and the importance of meteorology.
It is noteworthy that the United Nations launched, last month, the “Early Warning Initiative for All” for the next five years, to show support for the initiative led by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
