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Displaying 20 of about 20 resultsGENEVA, 5 February 2013 - Heads of State, government ministers, parliamentarians, CEOs, scientists and civil society representatives will meet in Geneva in May to discuss a new global framework to reduce disaster risk.
Some 3,000 people are expected to attend this fourth session of the Global Platform which will be the last to take place before the Wor…
An inspiring initiative to bolster resilience against climate change in Vanuatu has seen the island nation take proactive steps to harness traditional knowledge within its communities. Local Civil Society Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations from across the archipelago are now equipped with essential skills to navigate the challenges p…
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15:00 - 16:00 CET
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This second webinar in the GAR 2022 pre-launch series will feature authors from the latest report. Panelists will delve into the advances, resources and tools that give us the richest overview of the composition of risk to date. They will scan the horizon for what we may hope for next given current lim…
The forecasting tool IceNet promises to be a useful tool for evaluating sea ice loss in the Arctic. But ethical and logistic considerations have to be taken before scientific and Indigenous communities start working together.
For the past decade, annual average warming in the Arctic has doubled the global mean. The extent of sea ice is half of wha…
KOBE – The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the global roadmap to reduce disaster losses and strengthening the processes for doing so by 2030, highlights the pivotal role of stakeholders working in science, engineering, technology, and innovation (SETI). In particular, it states that science and traditional knowledge are…