Early Warnings

Communicating Early Warning

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An effective early warning highlights a credible need and proposes concrete opportunities for preventive action.

A press release may help to highlight an urgent need for preventive action to decision-makers.

Early warnings often rely on various actors, take various shapes such as a press release or a briefing, and are critical to effective prevention. The previous video discussed the role of press releases.

If you have issued an early warning in the past, who are some of the actors you had to go to for approval? If you haven’t issued an early warning, who are those you would need to involve in order to release one?