# Earthquake

Global Risk Narratives and Communications: Strategy, Tools, and Cultural Considerations

   Global Risk Narratives and Communications: Strategy, Tools, and Cultural Considerations Organizer: Lloyd’s Register Foundation, National University of Singapore This session launches two white papers from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk: (1) Global Risk Perception Gap: Comparing Societal Narratives and Individual Perceptions of Risk; and (2) Culture and Risk:…

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DAT/Artathon: Turning risk data into visual art

   DAT/Artathon: Turning risk data into visual art Organizer: University of New Mexico, Stanford Urban Resilience Initiative, Earth Observatory of Singapore Data art has the power to evoke emotions while simultaneously conveying information on risk and resilience to a wider audience. Risk data is often trapped in long reports and articles that never reach key…

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Mapathons, movement data, machine-learning – oh my! A ‘jam session’ on geospatial data innovations and how to use them

   Mapathons, movement data, machine-learning – oh my! A ‘jam session’ on geospatial data innovations and how to use them Organizer: Mapbox, MIT Urban Risk Lab, Youth Innovation Lab Nepal, Thinking Machines, First Street Foundation The world of data sources that are useful for the assessment and communication of risk is expanding rapidly. New and…

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Carousel talks: Latest developments in the science and technology for early warning early action – Researchers Edition

   Carousel talks: Latest developments in the science and technology for early warning early action – Researchers Edition Organizer: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre In this session we will have a carousel of humanitarian scientists from all over the world presenting the latest advancements in anticipatory action, early warning and early action systems. Speakers:Tim…

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Pathways to Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

   Pathways to Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Organizer: RMSI By 2050, 7 out of 10 people across the globe will be living in urban areas. Rising urbanization forces will drive current and future investment towards infrastructure. History tells us that in most cases, settlements precede infrastructure development. This leads to tremendous challenges especially when coupled with…

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Understanding risk through games

   Understanding risk through games Organizer: Earth Observatory of Singapore Join and play with the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) in this interactive session where EOS brings you its Dynamic Earth Games series to communicate key ideas about disaster preparedness, acting in uncertainty and enacting evacuation plans. Speakers:Lauriane Chardot , Earth Science SpecialistJianhong Kuang ,…

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Monitoring Compound Risks in the Covid-19 Era

   Monitoring Compound Risks in the Covid-19 Era Organizer: World Bank Group (WBG); United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO); Centre for Disaster Protection (CDP) Complex crises threaten development gains. The impact of a single shock—an earthquake, a severe weather event, or a disease outbreak—can amplify…

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The Power of Grassroots Voices to Shape Effective Climate Policy

   The Power of Grassroots Voices to Shape Effective Climate Policy Organizer: Huairou Commission + SlumDwellers International / IIED *this session is part of the Development & Climate Days Grassroots organizations represent poor communities living and working in rural, urban peri-urban and indigenous settlements. Their lives are characterized by fluctuating, unstable incomes, food insecurity, inadequate…

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Putting resilience in place: Learn to apply cloud AI disruptive geospatial technologies people will use for decision making

   Putting resilience in place: Learn to apply cloud AI disruptive geospatial technologies people will use for decision making Organizer: Mapbox, Microsoft AI for Good, Planet, World Bank A new generation of converging geospatial, cloud, AI, and big data technologies now provide fresh opportunities to improve public sector decision making towards resilience a range of…

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ShakeMap‐related research, development, operations, and applications

   ShakeMap‐related research, development, operations, and applications Organizer: U.S. Geological Survey ShakeMap is an open-source software program employed to automatically produce a suite of maps and products that portray the geographical extent and severity of potentially damaging shaking following an earthquake. ShakeMap’s primary purpose is to provide post-earthquake situational awareness for emergency management and response…

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Evaluating COVID-19 transmission in cities: The COVID-19 City Disaster Vulnerability Index

   Evaluating COVID-19 transmission in cities: The COVID-19 City Disaster Vulnerability Index 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 with disaster risk, one thing we are…

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Understanding and assessing climate change risk to cultural heritage: The Climate Vulnerability Index applied to the Caribbean forts

   Understanding and assessing climate change risk to cultural heritage: The Climate Vulnerability Index applied to the Caribbean forts Organizer: CVI, James Cook University, ICOMOS, INES Ingenieros, WeArchitects, Moun Studi Introduction to the Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI) methodology and how its application can help identify and determine the most appropriate mitigation measures to be integrated…

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Racism, Exclusion & Risk: Making Meaning Matters

   Racism, Exclusion & Risk: Making Meaning Matters Organizer: GFDRR The widespread prevalence of racism in our society and institutions shapes disaster risks. Mechanisms of differentiation based on race are determinants in the social construction of vulnerability and exposure, perpetuating systemic patterns of exclusion and privilege. By overlooking reality, people and organizations often fail to…

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Responsible artificial intelligence (AI) for disaster risk management

   Responsible artificial intelligence (AI) for disaster risk management As the Understanding Risk Community continues to explore the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence and related technologies and expand the range of applications for which they are used, we need to pay close attention to the risks that these tools create. Significant attention is currently being…

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Recalibrating approaches towards urban resilience investments: System thinking and prioritization methods for decision making

   Recalibrating approaches towards urban resilience investments: System thinking and prioritization methods for decision making Organizer: The World Bank The objective of this session is to introduce and debate a set of existing and emerging methodologies to prioritize resilient infrastructure investments (e.g., betweenness centrality/connectivity analysis, accessibility indexes, criticality analysis, community-based participation, etc.) that can be…

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The development impact of open risk analytics

   The development impact of open risk analytics Organizer: Risk Modelling Group of the Insurance Development ForumInsuResilience Secretariat There are many human factors in risk decision-making, but we know that to manage and finance risk it helps to quantify it. However countries and cities interested in building their risk understanding do not always have access…

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We need champions to understand disaster risk

   We need champions to understand disaster risk Organizer: GEO-Geohazard Supersites and Natural Laboratories initiative GEO-GSNL; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – INGV, Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale – CIMA, Goma Volcano Observatory, Iceland Civil Protection, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security – UNU-EHS / Eurac Research In this event…

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Breaking the silos: From single to comprehensive multi-hazard risk frameworks

   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…

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Are present-day infrastructure disaster risk models still applicable in a post Covid-19 world?

   Are present-day infrastructure disaster risk models still applicable in a post Covid-19 world? Organizer: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Lloyds Register Foundation, Resilience Shift, University of Oxford Critical infrastructure systems, such as energy, transportation, water, waste, and digital communications, are the backbone of modern economies and societies. Failures of these systems can result in large-scale economic…

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Resilience Academy as a sustainability solution for urban resilience skills development in Africa

   Resilience Academy as a sustainability solution for urban resilience skills development in Africa 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 Bank Tanzania. Urbanisation challenges Africa’s young labour…

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Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems: Enabling early and effective action to Tropical Cyclones

   Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems: Enabling early and effective action to Tropical Cyclones Organizer: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 2020 marks the 40th Anniversary of WMO’s Tropical Cyclone Programme, which has coordinated national and regional multi-hazard early warning system efforts to reduce the loss of life and damage caused by tropical cyclones. The hazards associated with…

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Reshaping a resilient future in response to COVID-19

Reshaping a resilient future in response to COVID-19 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 Development & Climate Days The COVID-19 crisis has…

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Carousel talks: Latest developments in the science and technology for early warning early action – Student Edition

   Carousel talks: Latest developments in the science and technology for early warning early action – Student Edition Organizer: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre In this session we will have a carousel of young scientists from the SHEAR program presenting the latest advancements in anticipatory action, early warning and early action systems. Speakers:Neeraj Sah,…

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Risk information from the decision maker’s perspective: What they wish you knew and what they need you to tell them

   Risk information from the decision maker’s perspective: What they wish you knew and what they need you to tell them Organizer: REAP Globally, regionally, and in many contexts, nationally we have unprecedented access to early warning information and risk analysis. At the same time, many organizations, governments and communities are gradually moving from a…

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Racism, Exclusion & Risk: Harnessing Humor for Hard Conversations

   Racism, Exclusion & Risk: Harnessing Humor for Hard Conversations Organizer: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery and the World Bank’s Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice.It builds off a World Bank Anti-Racism workshop developed by World Bank’s Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice. The widespread prevalence of racism in our society and institutions…

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Geohazard risk monitoring and mitigation approaches for increasing the Himalayan road network resiliency against climate change

Geohazard risk monitoring and mitigation approaches for increasing the Himalayan road network resiliency against climate change In order to achieve a resilient management of transportation networks, the impacts related to the occurrence of natural hazards as well as those derived from climate change have to be taken into consideration. For doing so, vulnerable elements of…

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Disruptive Tech for Africa: tracking the latest urbanization trends with local validation

   Disruptive Tech for Africa: tracking the latest urbanization trends with local validation 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 people in 2017, and are expected to…

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Acting early before disasters: What can go wrong?

   Acting early before disasters: What can go wrong? Organizer: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre The evidence is irrefutable: Humor can help improve communication, build relationships, enhance problem solving, increase productivity, and strengthen leadership. Because our work requires creative learning and dialogue, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre has been working with partners…

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Tsunami of New Dreams: Filming survival

   Tsunami of New Dreams: Filming survivals 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 feature film focuses on the 2004 Indian…

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Who’s missing information? Towards inclusive risk communication

   Who’s missing information? Towards inclusive risk communication Organizer: The World Bank South Asia Climate and Disaster Risk Management Unit, Social Development Unit, & GFDRR Labs team; Ministry of Public Administration and Disaster Management, Sri Lanka; Google; California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; and City of New Orleans What makes some information more helpful than…

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Geo-powering Cities for Resilience

   Geo-powering Cities for Resilience Organizer: World Bank’s City Planning Labs This session is part of the Development & Climate Days. 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…

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Risk-informed development planning in Bangladesh

   Risk-informed development planning in Bangladesh Organizer:  National Resilience Programme (Programming Division Part), Bangladesh Planning Commission Although Bangladesh has made significant progress in disaster risk management, the country is still at risk of growing loss and damage due to disaster and climate stresses. Limitations are found in incorporating disaster and climate change risks in all…

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Expert collaboration to support disaster risk financing: Developing new models and views of risk

   Expert collaboration to support disaster risk financing: Developing new models and views of risk Organizer: AIR Worldwide Progress towards closing the protection gap will require collaboration between experts across disciplines, organizations, and geographies to quickly develop and deploy new models. This session will review successful case studies to demonstrate the benefits of this expert…

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AIESEC: Rebuilding a Youthtopia

   AIESEC: Rebuilding a Youthtopia Organizer: AIESEC in National University of Singapore WELCOME ALL! Our AIESEC in NUS X UR2020 interactive exhibition would be featuring numerous organisations who have individually made a widespread impact on the lives of youth in Singapore and beyond. The Youth, particularly the Gen Z are poised to be the largest…

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