Source: PIB
Subject: Miscellaneous
Context: At the World Summit on Disaster Management (WSDM) 2025 in Dehradun, Dr. Jitendra Singh announced major upgrades to Uttarakhand’s early-warning systems, including six weather radars, 33 observatories, and 142 AWS stations.
About World Summit on Disaster Management (WSDM) 2025:
- What it is?
- WSDM 2025 is a global platform on disaster resilience, bringing together scientists, policymakers, practitioners, and industry leaders to discuss future-ready strategies for disaster risk reduction in a changing climate.
- Held in: Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Theme: “Strengthening International Cooperation for Building Resilient Communities.”
- Aim:
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- To enhance global disaster collaboration, share scientific insights, strengthen early-warning infrastructure, and promote resilient development, especially in fragile ecosystems like the Himalayas.
- Key Features:
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- Announcement of expanded radar networks, early-warning systems, and Himalayan climate studies.
- Focus on hydrometeorological hazards, climate change impacts, glacier monitoring, landslide risk, and forest fire prediction.
- Emphasis on “Nowcast” systems providing 3-hour forecasts to vulnerable districts.
- Discussions on using agri-startups, CSIR value-addition models, and technological innovation for resilient Himalayan livelihoods.
- Significance:
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- Reinforces India’s emergence as a regional hub for disaster science, forecasting, and climate resilience.
- Strengthens Uttarakhand’s capacity to manage cloudbursts, GLOFs, landslides, and flash floods.
- Helps align India’s climate adaptation efforts with global commitments like Net Zero 2070.
