UR2020 # Cities

   Pathways to Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 04:00 to 04:55 Organizer: RMSI Building resilience of new and existing infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks is paramount to sustainable development. Identification and estimation of risk from various natural and man-made calamities is the first step in this direction. Over time, while hazard…

   Fast-Moving Wildfires: Why, Where and When? Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 Organizer: FM Global In recent years, fast moving wildfires have claimed lives in Asia, Europe and North America. These fires move much faster than current models predict and overwhelm communities and emergency response measures. They are not unique to any one…

   Heatwaves in an urbanising world: Exposing the silent killer Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 Organizer: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre Heatwaves are surprisingly deadly, killing thousands of people every year… that we know of. There are probably many more deaths that aren’t counted, especially in places where it’s hot all year….

   A planet remade? How solar geoengineering may deliberately change (y)our climate – and how we understand risk Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 16:00 to 16:55 Organizer: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre We are entering the era of climate change consequences. Regional and local impacts are becoming more manifest. An increasingly feasible technological option that…

   From black swans to boiling frogs: How to understand risk, visualize risk scenarios, and build agency for early action Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 Organizer: NASA and Earth Observatory of Singapore A myriad of risks exist, but it is our understanding and action in regard to these events that often lead to…

   Crossroads: Managing intersecting risks of conflict, violence, disasters and climate change Wednesday Dec 02, UTC 16:00 to 16:55 Organizer: GIZ, UNDP, ODI, IFRC, ICRC, EU In many countries of AFR, MENA and EAP, communities are affected by both natural hazards, the impacts of climate change and protracted crisis associated with fragility, conflict and violence…

   Evaluating COVID-19 transmission in cities: The COVID-19 City Disaster Vulnerability Index Wednesday Dec 02, UTC 16:00 to 16:55 Organizer: World Bank Most governments around the world continue to grapple with containing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and determining appropriate measures to keep economies running with minimum costs to health systems and livelihoods. As…

   Multiform flood risk in a complex future flooded world: Earth observation and complex systems for compound risk assessment Wednesday Dec 02, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 Organizer: The World Bank Group Risk, and particularly flood risk, can be seen as the resultant of different forces acting on a complex system. Well-accepted and diffused frameworks describe…

   Map your city’s future: A spatial data for resilience workshop Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 15:00 to 16:55 Organizer: World Bank City Resilience Program (CRP); GFDRR The cities of today face the challenge of protecting their populations from extreme weather and climate change effects. Many cities of the future will only be larger, denser, and…

   On Bullshit, Candor and Climate Risk: Reconciling Intent, Words and Actions Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 15:00 to 16:55 Organizer: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre *this session is part of the Development & Climate Days Why a humanitarian event on “bullshit”? The answer is simple: it is our job to care. And as climate…

   Early warning for early action: Toward more behaviorally-informed early warning systems Tuesday, Dec 01, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 Organizer: Food for the Hungry Early warning systems (EWSs) have traditionally focused on collecting and analyzing hazard data to produce warning messages that help inform government and other “official” stakeholders of impending disasters and when, where,…

   Recalibrating approaches towards urban resilience investments: System thinking and prioritization methods for decision making Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: The World Bank This community session event is open to all particularly to engineers, researchers, managers and decision makers that deal with urban resiliency. While some of the methods introduced during this…

   Doing drainage differently: Tackling urban flooding in the future mega-city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: World Bank Every year floods in the Msimbazi River Valley in Dar es Salaam result in deaths and millions of dollars of infrastructure and economic losses. The Msimbazi Valley is a…

   Launch of the Global Model for Earthquake Social Vulnerability and Resilience Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 11:00 to 12:55 Organizer: Global Earthquake Model (GEM) At the forefront of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction is the measurement and communication of risk from natural hazards and disasters such as those caused by earthquakes. To better…

   Building urban resilience in southern Africa Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 10:00 to 10:55 Organizer: World Bank, SADC, DIMSUR Africa is undergoing rapid urbanization and, by 2050, almost 1.3 billion people will be living in areas defined as urban, compared to 470 million today. Urban risks are frequently exacerbated by the increasing unpredictability and severity…

   How to construct an inclusive city weather and early warning system Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 10:00 to 11:55 Organizer: Resurgence How would you go about creating a forecasting and early warning  system in which the principles of inclusivity and co-design are applied to the absolute maximum?Resurgence has been applying a range of approaches and tools…

   Breaking the silos: From single to comprehensive multi-hazard risk frameworks Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 10:00 to 11:55 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…

   How big is your appetite (for making a difficult decision)? Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: Satarla Aligning organisations on “how much risk is too much risk” is key to rapid and robust decision making, especially in times of stress.  This is often addressed through regulation as “risk appetite and tolerance”…. But…

   Resilience Academy as a sustainability solution for urban resilience skills development in Africa Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 11:00 to 12:55 Organizer: University of Turku – Finland, Ardhi University – Dar es Salaam, Sokoine University of Agriculture – Zanzibar, University of Dar es Salaam – Dar es Salaam, State University of Zanzibar – Morogoro, World…

   What do we learn when we map a city? Voices and impacts from Open Cities Africa Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 11:00 to 11:55 Organizer: World Bank / GFDRR; Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) In one year and 12 cities, the Open Cities Africa program trained neighborhood residents, university students, and civil servants how to use…

   Reshaping a resilient future in response to COVID-19 Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 11:00 to 11:55 Organizer: Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), World Resources Institute (WRI), International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Complex Systems in Transition (CST) *this session is part of the…

   Risk thinking versus resilience thinking Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 10:00 to 10:55 Organizer: Royal HaskoningDHV Our session is focused on risk thinking versus resilience thinking and the use of objective data versus subjective data in urban adaptation and resilience design.The session is organized as an interactive workshop in which we use several modelling tools,…

   The future of precipitation monitoring and forecasting in Africa Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 10:00 to 10:55 Organizer: HKV, GMet, KNMI, NADMO, TAHMO In the world’s fastest urbanizing continent, Africa, urban floods are a huge and growing problem. Early warning is the first important step in flood risk management. This requires continuous precipitation measurements and…

   Fire resilience at the urbanising margins Tuesday, Dec 01, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh Fire kills an estimated 150,000-180,000 people per year, 95% of whom live in LMICs [1]. In addition to the lives lost, 10 million disability adjusted life years (DALYs) are lost each year, and each…

   Disruptive Tech for Africa: tracking the latest urbanization trends with local validation Tuesday, Dec 01, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: University of Twente, DLR, MindEarth, Ardhi University / Resilience Academy African cities are challenged by rapid uncontrolled urbanization. Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world’s fastest urbanizing regions. Urban areas were home 472 million…

   Developing a policy framework for investment in disaster resilience Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 04:00 to 04:55 Organizer: Deloitte Access Economics Deloitte Access Economics has explored the costs of natural disasters and associated policy implications in Australia since 2013. Our research advocates for practical solutions to increase resilience, such as incorporating resilience into investment decisions…

   Tsunami of New Dreams: Filming survivals Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 03:00 to 03:55 Organizer: art-science-media.com, ICAIOS International Centre for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies, Prince Sultan University The producers and film director discuss the process of crafting a story of disaster recovery, future preparedness, and a unique example of stakeholder collaboration. This new documentary…

   Forming radical collaborations to address climate and disaster risk: The Understanding Risk Field Lab Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 03:00 to 03:55 Organizer: Co-Risk Labs, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Arup, University of Toronto As an all-of-society challenge, addressing climate and disaster risk issues will require diverse participation and collaboration across boundaries of all sorts, whether…

   Fast-moving wildfires: Why, where and when? Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 02:00 to 02:55 Organizer: FM Global In recent years, fast moving wildfires have claimed lives in Asia, Europe and North America. These fires move much faster than current models predict and overwhelm communities and emergency response measures. They are not unique to any one…

     Geo-powering Cities for Resilience Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 02:00 to 03:55 Organizer: World Bank’s City Planning Labs The urban data revolution has already started. Over the last decade, cities have been offered unprecedented opportunities to mobilize geospatial data to enhance livability and reduce vulnerability through risk-informed decision making. Data is helping cities prioritize…

   Virtual site visit: Green infrastructure and nature-based solutions for urban flood resilience in Singapore Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 04:00 to 04:55 Organizer: World Bank – Urban, Disaster Risk Management (DRM), Resilience, and Land GP; World Bank – Urban Floods Community of Practice (UFCOP); Public Utilities Board (PUB) Singapore; National University of Singapore (NUS) This…

   Earthquake disaster preparedness through public engagement Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 03:00 to 03:55 Organizer: Miyamoto International in collaboration with the University of Tokyo (Disaster Management Training Center) If you cannot imagine it, you cannot prepare for it. Using the disaster imagination tool developed by distinguished Professor Meguro at the University of Tokyo, a leading…