This year is an important year for global governance with the post 2015 disaster risk reduction, climate change and development goals under discussion.� It is clear that there is an urgent need for action � temperatures are rising, economic losses from disasters are increasing. The Sendai Framework for Disaster� Risk Reduction calls for �a multi-hazard approach and inclusive risk-informed decision-making based on the open exchange and dissemination of disaggregated data, including by sex, age and disability, as well as on the easily accessible, up-to-date, comprehensible, science-based, non-sensitive risk information, complemented by traditional knowledge.� This session will explore how we can achieve risk-informed decision making. How do we move from knowledge to action? What are the gaps in understanding of risk and vulnerability that need to be filled? What science informed new tools are available for action? The session will present results of UNEP�s Climate Early Warning System Project and PROVIA.