“Today, one-third of the world’s people, mainly in least developed countries and small island developing states, are still not covered by early warning systems... This is unacceptable, particularly with climate impacts sure to get even worse. Early warnings and action save lives. To that end, today I announce the United Nations will spearhead new action to ensure every person on Earth is protected by early warning systems within five years.”  -    UN Secretary-General António Guterres on World Meteorological Day 23 March 2022   The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development places great importance on disaster risk reduction (DRR) as a cross-cutting element in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development proposes concrete commitments to reduce risk, vulnerability, build capacity and promote resilience to disasters.  Reducing disaster risk and building resilience are interrelated thrusts of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.  The Sendai Framework calls on governments to move towards risk-informed governance arrangements that include broader hazard and risk scope and incorporate the concept of systemic risk. Priorities of the Sendai Framework expressly call for strengthening disaster risk reduction planning, governance, and financing to reduce existing and prevent new disaster risks. The Sendai Framework also calls for people-centered, multi-hazard, multi-sectoral early warning systems (MHEWS) for improved disaster preparedness for effective response and recovery. In particular, Target G of the Sendai Framework advocates for a substantial increase in the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by year 2030. Nine years to the day after the adoption of the global blueprint for disaster risk reduction by the United Nations Member States, the Gender Action Plan to Support Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was launched on 18 March 2024. It aims to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework by substantially increasing resource allocations, activities and impacts of gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and substantially decreasing gender-related disaster risk by 2030. It identifies nine key objectives related to the four priorities of the Sendai Framework and recommends 33 actions that promote gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in disaster risk reduction. The 2023 Report of the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review, adopted by the UN General Assembly in May 2023, highlighted the current gaps in coverage and accessibility to multi-hazard warning systems globally.  The Political Declaration recognized the need to develop further, invest in, and strengthen people-centered multi-hazard early warning systems in all countries, including through enhanced quality of and access to multi-hazard risk data. In 2022, the UN Secretary-General launched the Early Warnings for All initiative to ensure universal coverage of early warning systems by 2027.  In a rapidly evolving world facing multiple, unprecedented crises of post-pandemic economic downturn, climate change, and wars, the world is also undergoing technological progress that it has not experienced before. With these backdrops, the importance of digital government transformation and its adaptation to inform, engage, and protect communities through Early Warning Systems (EWS), is more crucial than ever. The transformation from the traditional disaster risk management approaches with a focus on relief and rehabilitation towards inclusive, participatory, prevention-oriented planning and innovative financing mechanisms aimed at building resilient communities against disasters has been.