Featured Events

Featured events highlight a particular area of work in disaster risk reduction. Featured events in 2011 include a briefing of the Global Assessment Report; dialogue with parliamentarians and mayors; discussions on education, health, climate services for managing risks, preparedness, as well as a briefing on the recent publication Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: Economics of Effective Prevention.


Tuesday 10 May
09:00 - 10:15
Room 1Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk ReductionOpen

10:30 - 12:30
Room 1Dialogue with Parliamentarians and Mayors on Disaster Risk Reduction: From Policy to Local ActionOpen

12:45 - 14:15
Room 2Education and Safe SchoolsOpen


Wednesday 11 May
13:15 - 14:45
Room 2Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters – Economics of Effective PreventionOpen
Room 3Protecting Public Health from Disaster RisksOpen


Thursday 12 May
13:00 - 14:30
Room 2Operational Climate Services for Managing Socio-Economic Risks linked to the Changing ClimateOpen


Last updated: 04 December 2020