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UR is a global community of experts and practitioners with interest in the field of disaster risk identification, specifically risk assessment and risk communication.
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With the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Awaji earthquake approaching in 2025, the Understanding Risk Forum 2024 (UR24) will be held in June 2024 in Himeji City, Hyogo prefecture. UR24 will bring the best of tradition, history, and culture will blend with innovation, technology, and creativity in a fantastic combination that anticipates a great UR edition.
16 -21 June 2024
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Himeji City, Hyogo prefecture
Himeji City, Hyogo prefecture
16 -21 June 2024
With the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Awaji earthquake approaching in 2025, the Understanding Risk Forum 2024 (UR24) will be held in June 2024 in Himeji City, Hyogo prefecture. UR24 will bring the best of tradition, history, and culture will blend with innovation, technology, and creativity in a fantastic combination that anticipates a great UR edition.
Florianópolis, Brazil
28 November - 02 December 2022
The Understanding Risk Global Forum (UR22) was a hybrid event with the main location in Florianopolis, Brazil. Satellite events took place in London (UK), Wellington, (New Zealand), Niamey (Niger) and British Columbia(Canada). UR22 had 600 attendees in Florianopolis, 100 at each of the satellites and 1500 on line. UR22 reached a total of over 2500 attendees in-person and online, thank you all for sharing your knowledge, the most Global event so far.
Singapore & Online
2-3 December 2021
UR Asia 2021 brought together experts and practitioners from Asia and all around the world to showcase the best practices and latest innovations in the field of disaster risk identification and communication.
Global
December 1 - December 3, 2020
UR2020 Went fully virtual ! A truely global forum with 6344 attendees from 179 countries, please visit the recorded content.
San José, Costa Rica
Febrero 12-14, 2020
Acompáñenos del 12 al 14 de febrero de 2020 en San José, Costa Rica, para la primera Conferencia de Understanding Risk (UR) en Centroamérica.
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast
20 - 22 Nov 2019
Thème « Capital Humain et Innovation, Moteurs de la Résilience » du 20 au 22 Novembre 2019 à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire).
Theme "Human Capital and Innovation for a Resilient Society" from 20 to 22 November 2019 in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
Theme "Human Capital and Innovation for a Resilient Society" from 20 to 22 November 2019 in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
Initiatives
Explore exciting initiatives run by members of the UR community that help to advance the field of disaster risk identification.
We're excited to have officially launched the ADA award during the URAsia regional forum. Based on the work of David Lallemant, Maricar Rabonza, and Yolanda Lin to recognise the many successful disaster mitigation interventions made invisible by their success.
SSTL and the World Bank, with the support of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), launches the Digital Earth Partnership Technology Challenge to source space tech companies and research organizations to better measure temperatures in cities and analyze the strength of the UHI effect in the region.
Resources
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News
New blogs and other exciting news items are posted regularly.
The impact of extreme weather on poverty is far more devastating than previously understood—outstripping all other estimates by as much as 60%. We can do much more to protect poor people from the shocks of natural disasters, which, as the report shows, cost the global economy $520 billion and force some 26 million people into poverty every year.
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