Climate Resilience and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) CREWS is a trust fund with The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank) as trustee. Decisions on allocations of funds within the CREWS Initiative are taken by a Steering Committee where all contributors to the CREWS Trust Fund are represented as decision making members. To support the work of the Steering Committee it is established a secretariat that is accountable to the Steering Committee for the performance of its functions. The CREWS Secretariat is hosted by WMO in Geneva under WMO management and applicable policies and procedures. As of today there are three implementing partners of the CREWS Initiative: World Bank/GFDRR, WMO and UNDRR. Other organizations may serve as an implementing partner of the CREWS Initiative upon approval of the Steering Committee in accordance with the accreditation scheme established by the Steering Committee in consultation with the Trustee.

The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative aims to provide additional financing to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) that are most vulnerable to the impact of climate and weather extreme events to reduce vulnerability and strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity.

The overall objective of the CREWS Initiative is to support efforts of LDCs and SIDS countries to significantly increase the provision of weather and climate services and the capacity to generate and communicate effective, impact-based, multi-hazards, gender-informed, early warning systems to protect lives, livelihoods, and assets.

CREWs has established a significant gender management document maintaining its accountability on gender.