UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction 12th Annual Conference: Climate change – Disaster Risk, Loss and Damage, or Action
UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
- English
About
The UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) 12th Annual Conference 2022 will lead a day of thought-provoking talks and discussions on how global climate change is acting as a threat multiplier, accelerating and intensifying hazard risks, and how we can navigate the future post the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) meeting in Glasgow in addressing ‘Loss and Damage’, climate mitigation and adaptation.
Following a year that placed climate change at the forefront of discussions amongst academics, researchers, politicians, journalists and the public, our 12th Annual Conference will ask how we move forward after the COP26 and the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report.
This one-day, in-person event will provide thought-provoking talks, interactive discussions and networking opportunities on natural hazard risks and disasters, loss and damage, and climate adaptation and action. COP26 has recognised the critical issue of Loss and Damage in vulnerable nations particularly in the Global South but failed on the funding commitment. This forum will be an opportunity to discuss the future of global climate action (or inaction) and reduction (or increase) of carbon emission in the face of the current Ukraine War and geopolitical fallout.
The UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) welcomes researchers, students, practitioners, policymakers, the media, and the public to consider how far the recommendations from COP26 go and what the next steps can be. Our guest speakers will present a global perspective on the latest research and analysis, with a keynote and in conversation session from notable climate change commentators.
Confirmed speakers
- Professor Sue Grimmond, University of Reading
- Jonathan Day, Environment Agency
- Professor Paul Bates, University of Bristol
- Dr Freya Garry, Met Office UK
- Vanessa Nakate, climate justice activist from Uganda
- Lucy Easthope, leading authority on recovering from disaster
- Professor Emily Boyd, Lund University
- Professor Lisa Vanhala, University College London
- Dr Brian Chaffin, University of Montana
- Dr Adelle Thomas, Climate Analytics
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