Breaking the silos: From single to comprehensive multi-hazard risk frameworks
Organizer: Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam; Philippines Red Cross, German Red Cross and 510, an initiative of the Netherlands Red Cross; Deltares; Marsh & McLennan Advantage, Singapore; UN MGCY
| The conventional multi-hazard framework is still characterized by hazard-silo thinking. This causes disaster risk reduction to be seen through the lens of one single hazard, neglecting interactions with other potential hazards and dynamic vulnerabilities. In the worst case, such an approach can lead to the unfortunate realization that while decreasing the risk of one hazard, it increases the risk of another, more generally referred to as the ‘asynergies’ of DRR measures. Recent high-level agendas (GP2019, GCA2019) are therefore urging to move away from the single-hazard silo thinking and are calling for the implementation of coherent multi-hazard risk frameworks. In this serious game, we aim to break these silos in a playful but serious and collaborative effort. We will leverage the diversity and expertise of the UR community by forming multi-disciplinary groups, thereby re-creating a microcosm of some of the possible challenges faced when developing multi-hazard preparedness strategies. Each team will analyse different multi-hazard scenarios based on hazard types already observed such as cyclones Idai and Kenneth hitting the African east coast only two weeks apart and the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake that set off a chain of events. |
Speakers:
Damien Riquet, Project manager at the German Red Cross in the Philippines
Annisa Triyanti, Postdoctoral researcher at the University Utrecht, The Netherlands
Brenden Jongman, Disaster Risk Management specialist at the World Bank