Saving Lives in the Face of Climate Risks with Space-Based Early Warning and Action Systems
Saving Lives in the Face of Climate Risks with Space-Based Early Warning and Action Systems Space for Understanding Risk, Space for prepardness, space for monitoring, space for dissemination In this session, with feedback from many…
Focus Day on Innovative Risk Reduction and Recovery Solutions for ACP Countries
Focus Day on Innovative Risk Reduction and Recovery Solutions for ACP Countries The Focus Day engaged on issues related to risk information in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions, to learn about what makes for more effective…
Breaking the Silos: Synergizing Disaster Risk Management and Climate Adaptation
Breaking the Silos: Synergizing Disaster Risk Management and Climate Adaptation Synergizing Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation In today's complex global landscape, we need to cultivate an integrated approach that…
Trapped in Mountain Valleys: An Event Analysis of the 2022 Monsoon Floods in the Swat Valley, Pakistan
Trapped in Mountain Valleys: An Event Analysis of the 2022 Monsoon Floods in the Swat Valley, Pakistan Floods, EP&R, DRM General, Infrastructure, NBS In mountain valleys around the world, people and their livelihoods are often…
Transforming Risk Assessment: The Power of Open Standards in Data Collaboration
Transforming Risk Assessment: The Power of Open Standards in Data Collaboration Open data standards, risk information During the session we presented the latest capabilities of the Risk Data Library, an open data standard and…
Risk-Informed Land Use Planning for Livable and Resilient Cities
Risk-Informed Land Use Planning for Livable and Resilient Cities Urban planning, resilience, cities, risk-informed decision making, green growth, smart cities, sustainability Risk-Informed Land Use Planning for Livable and Resilient…
Making Urban Flood Protection More Accessible: Decoding Risks and Democratizing Assessment
Making Urban Flood Protection More Accessible: Decoding Risks and Democratizing Assessment Urban flood risk, floods, cities, resilience, infrastructure, decisionmaking, disaster risk management, climate change, complexity, community…
Holistic and Inclusive Resilience: Insights from the World Risk Poll and Sierra Leone
Holistic and Inclusive Resilience: Insights from the World Risk Poll and Sierra Leone Resilience, Disaster Risk Reduction, Data This session launched the 2023 edition of the World Risk Poll Resilience Index, showing how different…
Harnessing Transdisciplinary Approach for Diversity-Inclusive Disaster Recovery and Risk Reduction
Harnessing Transdisciplinary Approach for Diversity-Inclusive Disaster Recovery and Risk Reduction Inclusive DRR 1. Introduction Disasters pose multifaceted challenges that require comprehensive and inclusive approaches to recovery…
Building a Prepared and Resilient Central Asia
Building a Prepared and Resilient Central Asia Disaster Risk Management and Financing, Best practices in Central Asia, Disaster Preparedness, and Regional Cooperation. The technical session began with opening remarks from the World…
Advances in Multi-Hazard Risk and Resilience
Advances in Multi-Hazard Risk and Resilience Disaster risk assessment; Socioeconomic resilience; Hazard information profiles The session delves into the intricate dynamics of addressing interdependencies between natural hazards, the…
Using the RiskScape Engine and Platform for Risk-Informed Decision-Making
Using the RiskScape Engine and Platform for Risk-Informed Decision-Making Disaster risk management often focuses on specific hazards, but a broader understanding of risks and how they intersect across various hazards and socio-economic…
Unlocking Innovative Solutions to Disaster Resilience in Fragile, Conflict and Violent Settings
Unlocking Innovative Solutions to Disaster Resilience in Fragile, Conflict and Violent Settings Upending what we think in know about disasters in fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) settings was the focus of the session, wherein…
Towards a Green, Resilient and Inclusive Built Environment
Towards a Green, Resilient and Inclusive Built Environment To create an enabling environment for resilient, green and inclusive built environment, we need to work beyond silos and build strong partnership between public and private…
Too Many Sessions? Come Unconference! Breaking Down Structure for Climate Action
Too Many Sessions? Come Unconference! Breaking Down Structure for Climate Action Join us for a unique session that addresses one of the biggest challenges in Disaster Risk Management—the compartmentalization of experts into sectors,…
Resilient Communities Emergency Imagination Workshop
Resilient Communities Emergency Imagination Workshop This hands-on workshop will explore the use of co-creative design methods for Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR). The workshop may be of interest to organizations seeking…
Predict to Protect: Anticipatory Action Across Hazards and Contexts
Predict to Protect: Anticipatory Action Across Hazards and Contexts The Anticipation Hub is organising a Focus Day on Anticipatory Action, anchored in the work of the Anticipation Hub community, providing a hands-on,…
NASA Lifelines Extreme Event Simulation
NASA Lifelines Extreme Event Simulation The session will be a large group playing the game Extreme Event, an award-winning in-person role-playing game that gives participants a taste of what it takes to build community resilience in the…
Local Knowledge in the Climate Services Last Mile: Dimensions, Roles and Challenges
Local Knowledge in the Climate Services Last Mile: Dimensions, Roles and Challenges Climate services have recognised potential in reducing the impacts of extreme events such as droughts, heatwaves, and cold spells. However, the uptake…
Futu’risk’tic√: Using Future Climate Projections to Inform Action NOW
Futu’risk’tic√: Using Future Climate Projections to Inform Action NOW Future climate projections show us a possible future. Do early actions, which help people now, also help them prepare for the future impacts of climate change? The…