Strengthening the contribution of science and technology for disaster risk reduction
Speakers
Shirish Ravan - Senior Programme Officer, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Joy Pereira - Programme Coordinator, Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative
Rajib Shaw @rajibshaw - Executive Director, the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk International Project Office
Fumihiko Imamura - Director/Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
Roop Kamal Singh - Climate Risk Advisor, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Emma Lovell @E_lovel - Senior Research Officer, ODI
Giriraj Amarnath - Researcher, International Water Management Institute
Deo Raj Gurung - Researcher, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
G S Rao - National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation
Young-Jai Lee - Dongguk University, Korea
Byung-Su Baek - Climate Change Countermeasures Division, Ministry of Public Safety and Security, Korea
Wu Wei - National Disaster Reduction Centre of China
Suhas Diwase - Director, Disaster Management, Maharashtra State, India
Description
This Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) side event focuses on strengthening the role of climate science, earth observation and information technologies for building resilience.
The speakers highlight the importance of communicating science information, and the attribution of climate change to the occurrence of extreme weather events and its impacts. Their presentation draws on the ‘Raising Risk Awareness’ project, which brings together climate science, development, policy, planning and communications expertise from a range of countries to understand the contribution of climate change to the occurrence of extreme weather events in South Asia. They also highlight the experiences of a Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) initiative which aims to tackle the heat threat in India, working with city level authorities in Ahmedabad. Science and communication have been central to the initiative’s success.
The event also features key initiatives to promote the contribution of the role of earth observation, shares good practice on the use of technology in disaster risk management, and highlights some of the latest information technologies for building resilience.
This event is open to anyone registered to attend the AMCDRR 2016 in New Delhi.