India is committed to translate its “voluntary high-level principles” into action through innovation, and inclusive financing for disaster risk reduction (DRR), while strengthening international solidarity in this regard, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister P K Mishra said on Monday.

Speaking at the G20 ministerial meeting on DRR here, he urged the global grouping to strengthen interoperable regional platforms, shared data protocols, and joint capacity-building initiatives under the global “Early Warnings for All” framework. The official emphasised that early warning systems (EWS) were not technological luxuries but strategic investments in resilience. India, he said, viewed early warning as a global public good — inclusive, multilingual, and anticipatory.

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