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Description: Prolonged drought can result in economic, environmental, and health-related impacts. In this webinar, participants will learn how to monitor drought conditions and assess impacts on the ecosystem using precipitation, soil moisture, and vegetation data. The training will provide an overview of drought classification, as well as an in…
After the next significant earthquake and/or tsunami, many sources will disseminate information from a variety of accounts, tools, and services, some of which may contradict other information or confuse the public. This web-based training for the general public and media will cover the two most authoritative sources: the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthqu…
The main objective of the forum is to develop consensus regional climate outlook for the October to December 2017 rainfall season and to formulate mitigation strategies to the implications of the consensus regional seasonal climate outlook on the critical climate sensitive sectors of the region. It will also provide a regional interaction plat…
We often know in advance what the meteorological and hydrological forecast say. However, what does this often coded information mean for us as lay practitioners in disaster preparedness and response? When we get information on rainfall, it should be able to tell us also how the amount of rainfall can affect our crops, our safety and other livelihoods. T…
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Ahead of the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, May 22-26, tune into this live broadcast to learn more about how global communities are stepping up to the challenge of disaster risk reduction and learn how we can best leverage this moment as a key moment in building resilience in the face of disaster.…
This 4-week postgraduate training course will take place at GFZ Potsdam, Germany from 4-29 September 2017.
The current course programme comprises of introductory and state-of-the-art lectures on the various subjects of earthquake seismology and risk assessment, extensive practical exercises, demonstrations, workshop discussions and scientific excu…
Every year, on February 28th, Romania celebrates the Civil Protection Day. This year, on the occasion of the 84th anniversary, the Petrodava Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Neamt County will organise an earthquake exercise, aiming at providing information concerning the behaviour that should be adopted during an earthquake and immediately…
The 2nd International Conference on Natural Hazards and Disaster Management will be held during July 26-27, 2018 at Melbourne, Australia. The conference is organized with the theme “Significance of Early Warning Systems and Risk Management Strategies”. Natural Hazards Congress-2018 is a two day conference consisting of a scientific program, compreh…
In May 2015, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted the Sendai Declaration, urging states to better understand disaster risk, strengthen disaster risk governance, invest in disaster risk reduction and enhance disaster response to ‘Build Back Better’.
Course Overview
This course will provide those involved in disaster risk reduction with a c…
About the conference
The Tech4Dev Conference is the biennial flagship event of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development hosted by CODEV at EPFL. The Conference focuses on the potential of technology solutions to advance inclusive social and economic development in the Global South.Tech4Dev 2018 puts the challenges and the potential of the Globa…
NEAMWave17: Tsunami exercise to be conducted for the North East Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea (IOC-UNESCO)
Following the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the member states of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission requested the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC) to coordinate the development of three n…
The Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference will be held from 22 to 23 May in Cancún, Mexico, kindly hosted by the government of Mexico, in connection with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Conference aims to demonstrate to countries how they can build, improve the availability…
Do you want to build your knowledge on how climate change adaptation measures, including integrated water resource management, can help build resilient societies in drought-prone areas?
If so, look no further!
The Gravitazz Institute for Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management has recently teamed up with the Centre for Disaste…
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Is investment in preparedness worth the effort and cost? What are the right approaches to funding and programme design to ensure sustainable solutions and community leadership in preparedness programming? How can we inform future programming to ensure we have the right people with the right skills at the right place and time to prepare for and re…
The Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme would like to invite you to “The Future of Humanitarian Resilience” day.
This is part of the “Humanitarian Resilience Week”, which is a series of four events and has been organised by the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (for further information on the week, please find out more…