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As a 10-year anniversary of the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI), from 'Hyogo' which led disaster assistance in the 2011 great east Japan earthquake, this forum proposes the importance of creation of a society that is safe and secure aga…
Time12:00 - 2:00 pm ESTAboutEarly Warning Systems (EWS) stand at the forefront of disaster risk reduction efforts worldwide. On the World Meteorological Day of March 2022, the United Nations Secretary General called for every person on Earth to be protected by EWS against increasingly extreme weather and climate change by 2027. It is estimated that univ…
Antecedentes
En estos momentos se está organizando la Cumbre Mundial Humanitaria, a llevarse a cabo en Estambul, Turquía durante el primer semestre del 2016, para ello entre 2014 y 2015 se ha estado llevando a cabo consultas en todas las regiones del mundo. En estas consultas se promueve la participación de representantes de comunidades afectadas, orga…
The effective capacity of building resilience in large cities depends on a thorough knowledge of their exposure to risks. Almost each urban area, especially extended and highly populated cities, is exposed to a number of different risks, which can span from urban fires, to floods, tsunamis in coastal areas, earthquakes, etc. The whole set of risks shoul…
The IDRC Davos 2014 will address the numerous interconnected, complex and emerging risks today's societies are faced with. Environmental, technical, social and economic risks are often closely linked and can result in successive impact. Risks and disasters explored at the IDRC Davos 2014 include, amongst others, natural hazards, failures of critical inf…
The three day Annual International Conference of the RGS-IBG attracts over 1,200 geographers from around the world.
Conference Chair: Chris Philo, University of Glasgow
Among the call for papers is: The role of security in disaster risk reduction for natural hazards.
The session aims to explore: What can we learn from studies in security to make…
Background
The Geneva Open Day workshop, together with the subsequent London open day workshop (planned for February 2012, date TBC), aims to examine how to harmonise different humanitarian, risk management and conflict/fragile states programming, in order to create the enabling environment for resilience and peacebuilding before, during and after comp…
The Second International Conference on Health and Biodiversity, will take place from Monday 25th to Thursday 28th February 2008 in Galway, Ireland. The conference will aim to advance dialogue and collaboration across sectors on issues linking biodiversity with human health and well-being, and highlight practical cross-sectoral and holistic approaches to…
The 2015 Annual Conference of ECHO partners is taking place on the 12 & 13 of November.
One of the key panel topics to be discussed with be the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the challenges, trends and innovations in resilience building.
Registration:
The access at the conference will be limited to 2 persons per organisation.…
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Débattre des avancées en matière de prévention des risques technologiques et se tenir informé. Rencontrer les acteurs majeurs et participer à la mise en place d’une culture du risque. Tels sont les objectifs des Assises Nationales des Risques Technologiques.
Cette journée de rencontres est devenue depuis sa création en 2004, la manifestation…
Curso para proporcionar conocimientos fundamentales y prácticos sobre el uso del manual Esfera en misiones humanitarias.
Metodología
Es una metodología participativa basada en principios de aprendizaje de adultos.
Se utilizarán:
• Estudios de casos
• Presentación participativa con power point
• Lluvias de ideas
• Discusiones estructuradas
• Actividad…
The event will highlight the effects of climate change on agricultural sustainability and safety, and agricultural trade trends between developed and developing countries, with a focus on standards and regulatory systems as they relate to animal, plant, and human safety.
The first day of the two-day event will look more generally at the effects of clim…
About this course
Chemical agents, being at the core of modern industrial systems, have attained a very serious concern for disaster management within governments and communities. Chemicals such as chlorine, which were used during World War I as chemical weapons—is also a key ingredient in numerous commercial products. Correct application of chemi…
COURSE OVERVIEW
The Public Health in Complex Emergencies training program (PHCE) is a two-week intensive course that focuses on critical public health issues faced by non-government or private voluntary organizations (NGOs/PVOs) personnel working in complex emergencies. The purpose of the Public Health in Complex Emergencies Course is to improve the qua…
This webinar gathers researchers from the Mistra Geopolitics research programme to discuss new evidence on what we know about the link between climate security risks and conflict.
About the event
The new Biden administration has pledged to make climate change a priority. Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the federal government to make clim…