Strategic Pathway for IOTWMS within the Context of UN Decade for Ocean Science
WTAD Indian Ocean Webinar

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10 November 2021

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Strategic Pathway for IOTWMS within the Context of UN Decade for Ocean Science
Summary

The World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) webinar will discuss a strategic pathway for the Indian Ocean in the context of contributions toward the UN Decade for Ocean Science.  This will be underpinned by international cooperation among Indian Ocean member states that aligns with the components of people-centered early warning systems including:

1. Risk Knowledge: (i) Improve our understanding of the tsunami hazard by expanding our knowledge of past or potential tsunami sources, (ii) Fully understand the impacts to critical infrastructure and marine assets and how to minimize them.
2. Monitoring and Warning: (i) More quickly detect and measure tsunamis directly, through ocean observations to include instrumentation of undersea cables, (ii) Ensure critical tsunami generation parameters are identified through the optimal use and real-time sharing of new and existing sensors and data, (iii) Leverage the Seabed 2030 hydrographic survey initiative to ensure nearshore coastal zones have complete bathymetric/topographic data coverage at the required resolution.
3. Warning Dissemination and Communication: (i) Ensure full integration of tsunami services within a Multi-Hazard Early Warning Framework, (ii) Facilitate development of warning dissemination and communication options that are appropriate to geographic, demographic, and infrastructure conditions for the timely dissemination of warnings
4. Response Capability: (i) Tsunami evacuation maps must be available for all coastal communities, (ii) Ensure 100% of tsunami-vulnerable communities around the world meet the indicators outlined in the UNESCO/IOC Tsunami Ready program, (iii) Ensure plans to minimize impacts to critical infrastructure and marine assetsare in place to enable quicker post-tsunami restoration of services.
5. Capacity Development and attention to SIDS and LDCs: (i) Enhanced capacity development is necessary for the understanding of the
tsunami hazard, timely warning and response and resilience, (ii) Ensure that SIDS and LDCs are fully integrated into all phases of the global
Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System.

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Mode: Online using the MS Teams platform

Date: 10 November 2021

Time: 07:00 - 10:30 UTC

Participants: ICG/IOTWMS Tsunami National Contacts, Steering Group, Working Group & Task Team Members, Secretariat, Invited Experts, Recipients of Indian Ocean Youth Short Video Competition Awards

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