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Displaying 75 of about 208 resultsThe Fukushima Daiichi disaster that struck Japan in March following a major earthquake and tsunami would slow nuclear power growth and another big accident could mean the end of nuclear as a long-term energy option, despite the relative safety of the technology, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency principal…
By Mohammad Heidarzadeh, Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brunel University London
Torrential rain in the Midlands and North of England that saw half a month’s rain fall in one day caused such volumes of water to pass through the spillway of the Toddbrook Reservoir dam, above the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire,…
This report, published two weeks after the Great East Japan (Tohoku-Kanto) earthquake and tsunami, provides a synthesis of certain existing data and a basic situation analysis of the situation. It considers the major challenge posed to the disaster risk reduction community by: (i) the earthquake; (ii) the tsunami; (ii) the ongoing nuclear emergency; and…
This Journal publishes research papers addressing: (i) theoretical and methodological issues in disaster risk science, emergency response technology and risk management; (ii) disaster risk governance policies and regulations; and (iii) case studies and comparative research internationally on responses to major disasters. Its primary aim is to create an…
By Cate Lamb, Global Director, Water Security, CDP
On the 25th of January, a tailings dam at Vale’s Corrego de Feijao mine burst. A wave of mud, iron ore and toxic chemicals was released into the valley below the dam, killing at least 206 people.
It was Brazil’s largest environmental disaster.
In addition to the deaths caused by the collapse, th…
An UN ministerial conference, which is to be held here in the UN headquarters on Sept. 23, will push for further signings and ratifications of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) which has allowed for extensive and accurate monitoring of nuclear tests around the world in addition to monitoring the spread of radiation and helping with disast…
In his article for the New Zealand Herald, Simon Boxer, a Senior Climate Campaigner with Greenpeace New Zealand, writes that despite Minister's regular claims that regulations can prevent spills, it is apparent to all that once a significant amount of oil enters the sea, there is nothing that can be humanly done to prevent a disaster. "After the Rena st…
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon brought a message of international solidarity to parts of eastern Japan still reeling from the effects of the 'triple disasters' triggered by the tsunami, earthquake and nuclear accident that struck earlier this year.
Evacuees in Fukushima told Mr. Ban they wanted to prevent others from experiencing the suffering they had…
There is sound evidence that natural disasters can trigger technological disasters (a dynamic also called domino effect), and that these concomitant events (also known as natechs) may pose tremendous risks to countries and communities that are unprepared for such risks. In Europe there are many vulnerable installations close to rivers, or located in ear…
This publication of Common Inspection Criteria is intended to share knowledge about technical and organizational measures and enforcement practices related to major hazard control and implementation of the Seveso Directive. The criteria were developed by Seveso inspectors to aid the dissemination of good enforcement and risk management practices for the…
This document deals with the ethical principles of the whole disaster cycle: from prevention to reconstruction via the emergency phase, irrespective of the duration of the disaster (sudden or progressive) or its context (simple or complex emergency). It concerns both natural and technological disasters. It is intended to deal both with the direct victim…
This report examines the causes of the blowout of the Macondo well that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010 and provides a series of recommendations, for both the oil and gas industry and government regulators, intended to reduce the likelihood and impact of any future losses of well control during offshore drilling. It raises questions abo…
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused wide-ranging effects on human health, security and economic activity, which have significantly impacted industrial safety.
The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to UNECE’s Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) will gather over 100 representative…
For many countries, mining is an important industry in terms of economic and social development. Mining activities however generate hazardous waste that is commonly stored in ponds or tailings, often referred to as tailings management facilities (TMFs). Failures at TMFs have regularly led to environmental catastrophes with devastating effects on human…
The project brings together 15 participating organisations and 2 associated partners across Europe and beyond, to investigate how social media and crowdsourcing can be used in disaster management processes
LINKS ‘Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience’ is a project financed by the European Commission under…