This month from UNDRR: Commemorating the 2023 Türkiye earthquake, Harnessing AI to tackle complexity of disaster risks, Promoting disability-inclusion in urban resilience, and much more.
## Commemorating the 2023 Türkiye earthquake
The Head of UNDRR, Kamal Kishore, travelled to Türkiye to strengthen cooperation with national partners and to take part in the commemoration of the third anniversary of the 2023 earthquakes. Speaking with TRT World, SRSG Kishore noted that the biggest tribute to the victims is to Build Back Better as Türkiye is doing.
## Harnessing AI to tackle complexity of disaster risks
UNDRR participated in the AI Impact Summit, hosted by the Government of India, in New Delhi. This included organizing with the National Disaster Management Authority, a side event on how to enhance the use of new technologies in disaster risk reduction. Leading the UNDRR delegation, the SRSG Kishore, participated in a town hall discussion on the use of AI, engaged with partners such as the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, spoke with the media, and reshared his op-ed on how countries can use AI not only to do more, but to do better.
## Early Warnings for All: Malawi and Suriname accelerate national efforts
The global push to ensure every person is protected by early warning systems by 2027 continues with significant milestones in the Caribbean and Africa:
- **Malawi**: While hosting a global meeting of partners under the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative, the country announced the launch of its Early Warnings for All initiative Roadmap and project to generate, process, and share high-quality weather and climate data in partnership with the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF).
- **Suriname**: The country is expanding access to disaster risk data and advancing a comprehensive multi-hazard early warning roadmap through the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative. Suriname is also embracing stronger measurement of metrics and accountability as it prepared to begin reporting to the Sendai Framework Monitor.
## Improving the tracking of disaster losses in Belize
With the support of UNDRR, key national institutions in Belize, led by the National Emergency Management Organization, gathered to strengthen how disaster losses and damages are tracked and shared across the country. A central feature was the introduction of DELTA Resilience, a next-generation tracking system developed by UNDRR, WMO and UNDP. Tracking losses ensures the country learns from each event and uses that knowledge to protect lives, livelihoods, and development gains. In the words of the Resident Coordinator, “for disaster risk to be managed, it must first be understood, and for this, measuring is a mandatory step.”
