Open Knowledge Kit Regeneration Program – Local Knowledge, Local Jobs, Local Stewardship

Summary:

Open Knowledge Kit (OK Kit) is a free and open-source tool kit to empower local communities with digital employment and the stewardship of their economic, climate, and social prosperity. Locally trained non-technical, cross-sector community members can collect data, conduct surveys and interviews for infrastructure prioritization, disaster and climate change modeling and 3D reconstruction at much lower costs, at a faster pace, and with increased automation and validation, all using free and open source geospatial tools. Learn how this model helps provide better cross-sector data collection and analysis, prioritization, coordination, and monitoring to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. https://celinaagaton.com

Speakers:
Celina Agaton

 

Making Seasonal Forecast Useful for Decisions

Summary:

Translating raw seasonal climate forecasts into country-level threat profiles presents notable challenges, both methodologically and operationally. To move toward an operational system, beneficial for decision making, we recommend 3 pathways for future activities: 1. Quality and skill assessments, including the validation of our approach with historical impact analysis, the incorporation of forecast product skills, 2. Mapping of influenced client’s services and mandates, 3. Tool design and integration, including the choice for risk scale flagging system. Seasonal forecasts have improved decision making in various sectors, however clear methods for integration within the development sector have been lacking – particularly in informing national and regional decision making. This session will explore some of the reasons for this gap, and present a novel analytical framework being developed by the World Bank and Columbia University to overlay seasonal forecasts with information on exposure and sensitivity to provide an easy-to-use and actionable framework for identifying upcoming risk hotspots to inform development programming. The session will also discuss options for encouraging greater innovation in tailoring weather and climate information to the complex operational environment facing national and regional decision makers, specific to sustainable development. We explore opportunities to promote efforts in combining seasonal forecasts with wider environmental and socio-economic outlooks to provide a more detailed assessment of the potential for compounding threats. @worldbank @climatesociety @columbiaclimate

Speakers:
Lindsey Jones
Andrew Kruczkiewicz
Agathe Bucherie

 

Advancing Risk-Informed Decision Making in the Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities

Summary:

The objective of the session is to discuss the importance of risk databases for risk-informed decision-making and financial tools, illustrated with the Pacific Risk Information System (PacRIS). The community session will discuss the benefits of tools like PacRIS, as well as a range challenge associated with risk databases and their effective use, to then highlight opportunities for increasing risk data and information for the region. It will focus on: Developments in disaster risk (data/information) at the global level, zooming in to the status in the Pacific region and countries. Challenges and needs related to collecting data and using data for decision-making Opportunities and a way forward The session will be 1.5 hour-long session which will be facilitated virtually. A moderator will lead the proceedings and provide guidance for the interventions of panelists and comments/contributions for participants. Webinar participants will be able to pose questions or make comments using the ‘Chat’ function. The webinar will be recorded, and a report of the proceedings will subsequently be shared by the organizers. Links: https://www.spc.int https://www.worldbank.org/en/home

Speakers:

Habiba Gitay, Rashmin Gunasekera, Aholotu Palu,
Litea Biukoto, Herve Damlamian, Garth Henderson,
Saane Lolo, Karlos Lee Moresi, Eileen Turare,
Simon Hagemann

 

Keynote: Climate Risk and Asia’s Response

Summary:

In recent years, Dr Thomas’ research and writing have focused on climate change, including his 2017 book Climate Change and Natural Disasters. Understanding climate change risks, he argues, requires connecting the dots between the weather risks we experience or can at least imagine, and the invisible Greenhouse Gas Emissions which are causing these phenomena. Attribution – demonstrating with scientific evidence the connection between natural disasters and climate change – so that we can in the future refer to them as climate disasters, is essential. Runaway climate change is shifting risk profiles in Asia and things will have to be approached differently for the region to be resilient. Drawing on the latest research and his own personal experience, Dr Thomas will lay out what could be the new risk profiles in Asia and what must be done differently to increase resilience.

Speakers:
Vinod Thomas

Closing Remarks/Keynote: George Roter-Expert-in-Residence at Rippleworks; Tyler Radford-Executive Director at HOT

Organizer: Humanitarian OpenStreetmap team

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Dialogue: Regina Campos Ccarhuarupay-GAL Center: MapImpact: University students developing mapping projects in times of pandemic

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Lightning Talk: Anna Teach-HOT: Beyond the Mapathon – The Future of Volunteering at HOT

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Lightning Talk: Jian He: User-Centric Design for Open Source Mapping Tools

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Lightning Talk: Chad Blevins-Critigen-Trashsites: Mapping the Trash Value Chain

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Lightning Talk: Erika Nunez-U.S. Department of State (MapGive initiative): Cities Covid Mitigation Mapping

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