The Risk Data Library Project: Developing an open standard for risk data
Organizer: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery GFDRR
| Disaster risk assessments are more important than ever, but common issues with risk data interoperability mean we are not maximizing their value for reducing risk to the most vulnerable populations and countries. The Risk Data Library was launched to address those issues. The project led by the GFDRR aims to provide an open data standard and tools designed specifically for the needs of disaster risk practitioners. By combining hazard, exposure, vulnerability and loss data together through a consistent schema the Risk Data Library makes it easier to work with various sources of disaster risk information and build more efficient data workflows, catalogs and tools. Ultimately, the goal of the Risk Data Library is to build and support a community of risk data librarians, generating, curating and sharing risk data collectively on the web. This session will bring together producers and users of risk data to discuss the value of the open data standard and to consider how to make this a sustainable tool for all. Panelists will include representatives from Global Earthquake Model Foundation, University College London Institute for Disaster and Risk Reduction, The Earth Institute Columbia University, OASIS Loss Modeling Framework, Red Cross Climate Centre and the City Resilience Program of GFDRR and the World Bank. |
Speakers:
Pierre Chrzanowski, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR
Jamal Dabbeek, Junior Researcher, EUCENTRE
Ross Eisenberg, Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Management Consultant, World Bank
Carmine Galasso, Associate Professor of Catastrophe Risk Engineering, UCL
Adam Sobel, Professor at Columbia University Earth Observatory
Irene Amuron, Techincal Advisor, The Climate Centre
Dickie Whitaker, Chief executive, Oasis Loss Modelling Framework Ltd
Stuart Fraser, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR