Extreme climate events and disasters exacerbate the multiple stressors of the economies  of  East  African  countries.  The  Intergovernmental  Panel  on  Climate  Change (IPCC) predicts impacts may exceed current coping strategies, impeding sustainable  development  and  in  some  extreme  cases  making  some  countries  uninhabitable.  There  is  hence  a  critical  need  for  accelerated  action  to  prevent  risks, and reinforce current disaster response efforts. One way of preventing risk, enhancing the overall awareness and responsiveness to disasters and climate change is to improve education, develop and leverage advances  in  modern  technologies  such  as  artificial  intelligence;  application  of  best practices in citizen science and gender-responsive approaches, which would help bridge the distance, in time and space, between citizens and authorities in those crucial first few moments following the disasters.This publication    Highlights    Disaster    Risk    Reduction    (DRR) best practices and climate actions to extreme climate-related events;   Assesses  the  extent  to  which  regional  and    national    DRR    strategies    and    programs  incorporate  AI  and  gender  perspectives in their DRR measures;    Assesses  the  institutional  landscape,  the  roles  and  responsibilities  of  DRR  stakeholders; and    Elucidates the status of DRR initiatives with a gender and social inclusion lens.We are hopeful that the findings of the publication will influence policy decisions that drive investments for effective use of innovations in AI, citizen science and gender-responsive actions that can enable disaster resiliency in Member States.

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