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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…
The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties will take place on 28-30 November 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia and will provide an opportunity to review the work under the Convention and to determine future directions and priorities.
Intended Audience
Parties from member states.
Objectives
Key decisions to be taken by the ninth meeting of the Conf…
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 aim of the project was to over-come the problems in the implementation of the UNECE Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for tailings management facilities and to thus permanently reduce the risk posed by these facilities.
The main project tasks, declared in the project concept were:
to assess the degree of the compliance of Ukrainian legislatio…
This document presents Uzbekistan’s disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, landslide, flood and drought, and discusses institutional and legal framework for disaster management in the country. It also sets out key areas of focus such as ecological and technological disasters; disaster risk assessment and early warning; capacity developm…
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2012, 68(2) pp. 9–21:
This article presents the findings of an independent investigation panel, established by the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, to review how the government, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, and other relevant actors responded to the earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster that unfold…
This report assesses the occurrence and impacts of disasters and the underlying hazards such as storms, extreme temperature events, forest fires, water scarcity and droughts, floods, snow avalanches, landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes and technological accidents in Europe for the period 1998-2009. It also addresses the advances in disaster risk reductio…
This report's purpose is to provide an overview of the hazard risks facing the nation, identify the common links between technological and natural hazard risk reduction, review the U.S. Government’s current efforts to increase the nation’s disaster resiliency through research and implementation of new tools and technologies, and identify issues and oppo…
Mining has important economic benefits for British Columbia, but it also comes with environmental risks. This paper argues that requiring “financial assurance” from mining companies can reduce the risk of disaster. Legislated financial assurance requirements oblige companies to commit funds against their environmental risks. Instruments can includ…
The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) was done at Geneva on 30 September 1957 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and it entered into force on 29 January 1968. The Agreement itself was amended by the Protocol amending article 14 (3) done at New York on 21 A…
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Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement sur l’organisation de cette réponse en clarifiant les rôles et responsabilités de chacun mais auss…
Working together in Europe and the Mediterranean for the prevention of disasters, preparedness and response:
The objective of this plan is to provide a political and technical instrument containing priorities and guidelines for the action of the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) for the next five years, improving its effectiv…
On January 25th 2019, the municipality of Brumadinho, located in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, was devastated by the collapse of Dam 1 of the Vale company’s Córrego do Feijão iron mine. The dam burst caused one of the world’s worst mining dam disasters since 1960. Some 13 million m³ of mud containing mining tailings were spilled, causing hu…
An investigation into the cooperation between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany concerning the nuclear power plants in the border areas
This report outlines an investigation conducted to better understand the manner in which the Netherlands and Belgium and the Netherlands and Germany cooperate to limit the risks involved in the production of nu…
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Teniendo en cuenta lo anteriormente expuesto y en el marco de las acciones que en la Subregión Andina se emprenden para hacer frente a la problemática del manejo de productos químicos peligrosos y material radiactivo, este documento promueven la formulación e implementación de un Plan Subregional Andino para la prevención y respuesta a emer…