UR2020 # Risk finance

Disruptive Tech for Africa: Tracking the Latest Urbanization Trends with Local Validation Organizer: Food for the Hungry 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 double over the next 25 years. Previously,…

   Satellite EO for DRR in international development cooperation. Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 16:00 to 16:55 Organizer: ESA This session is focused on appoaches proposed to improve access and use of satellite EO to better understand and manage risks, in particular hydromet and geohazard risks. It is based on the framework of the collaboration between…

   DAT/Artathon: Turning risk data into visual art Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 02:00 to 02:55 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…

   Launching A Time Capsule for our Future Ancestors Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 03:00 to 03:55 Organizer: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre *this session is part of the Development & Climate Days How will the choices we make today affect the lives of future generations, the people who are yet to be born? Over…

   Mapathons, movement data, machine-learning – oh my! A ‘jam session’ on geospatial data innovations and how to use them Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 02:00 to 02:55 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…

   Carousel talks: Latest developments in the science and technology for early warning early action – Researchers Edition Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 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,…

   Catalyzing inclusive risk finance in LAC: Opportunities for Innovation in Guatemala and the Caribbean Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 16:00 to 16:55 Organizer: WFP  MiCRO The regional context2020 illustrates clearly the challenges of the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, with countries experiencing a combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic – a major crisis…

   European Commission MISSION on Adaptation to Climate Change with Societal Transformation Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 10:00 to 10:55 Organizer: Public Health England Partly inspired by the Apollo 11 mission to put a man on the moon, the European research and innovation missions aim to deliver solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing our…

   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…

   Understanding risk through games Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 04:00 to 04:55 Organizer: Earth Observatory of Singapore Join this session 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…

   Future/risk/tick √: future climate projections show us a possible future. Do early actions, which help people now, also prepare people for the future impacts of climate change? Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: Met Office, the UK’s National Meteorological Service The Met Office and partners welcome the opportunity to deliver a session…

    Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR) in ASEAN – Experience of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 03:00 to 03:55 Organizer: Singapore Civil Defense Force Southeast Asia (SEA) is a region that is vulnerable and historically prone to catastrophic disasters ranging from earthquakes, tsunamis and meteorological disasters such as droughts,…

   Using “adaptation technologies” to improve policy and planning at national level Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 11:00 to 12:55 Organizer: Practical Action / IIED *this session is part of the Development & Climate Days There is no dispute that developing countries need to adapt to climate change but there is a huge gap in implementation….

   Understanding Nature and Risk: Modelling of nature-based solutions for flood risk reduction and analytics Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: JBA Consulting Nature-based Solutions (NBS) can reduce flood risk and provide more resilient and lower-cost mitigation. NBS can be applied as green infrastructure strategies that work in harmony with gray infrastructure systems….

   Virtual Reality and Training for Emergency Responders in a Post-COVID-19 Era Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 02:00 to 02:55 Organizer: Singapore Civil Defense Force The landscape of training for the emergency response fraternity has evolved in parallel with the development of technology, from the advent of computers and the proliferation of digital and immersive technologies….

   Building Radical Collaborations for Just, Climate-resilient Futures Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 15:00 to 16:55 Organizer: YCL / IIED *this session is part of the Development & Climate Days Unusual and unexpected connections are needed to spark transformative climate action. Yet, partnerships can be demanding, difficult to find the right fit, and sometimes provide more…

   Monitoring Compound Risks in the Covid-19 Era Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 16:00 to 17:55 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…

   Using “adaptation technologies” to improve policy and planning at national level Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 11:00 to 12:55 Organizer: Practical Action / IIED There is no dispute that developing countries need to adapt to climate change but there is a huge gap in implementation. Policy makers need practical ways of enabling and promoting adaptation….

   Systems Approach to Flood Forecasting Putting the pieces together Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 04:00 to 04:55 Organizer: RMSI Floods have become one of the most frequent occurring natural disasters. It causes huge loses to economy of a country by damaging assets, infrastructures, crops, live stocks, etc. A large number of populations are affected by…

   SSTL x The World Bank HADR Challenge Pitching Session Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 11:00 to 11:55 Organizer: Singapore Space and Technology Limited (SSTL), Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF) Pitching session of 5 HADR Challenge finalists UR2020 Home Frequently Asked Questions Agenda Community Sessions UR Collaboration Session tags Identify Communicate Use AI /…

   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…

   The Power of Grassroots Voices to Shape Effective Climate Policy Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 15:00 to 16:55 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…

Date and Time: Wednesday Dec 02, UTC 02:00 to 02:55 Organizer: Confederation of Risk Reduction Professionals (CRRP), Risk & Resilience Institute (RRI) What is disaster risk? Should disaster risk reduction strategies be designed based on the definition that ‘we’, the intellects and the academicians, understand? What about the perception that a community has of its…

   Operational flood damage assessment using SAR data Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 02:00 to 02:55 Organizer: Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Floods are part of a natural phenomenon which is regarded as a persistent hazard, causing negative socioeconomic impacts, i.e. significant damages to lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure. Therefore, flood management has gained more attention recently….

   Putting resilience in place: Learn to apply cloud AI disruptive geospatial technologies people will use for decision making Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 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…

   So what if you have data? Conversations with humanitarian decision-makers on user-centric design and data-driven approaches to flood risk reduction Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 Organizer: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Cloud to Street, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) – Columbia…

   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….

   ShakeMap‐related research, development, operations, and applications Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 16:00 to 17:55 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…

   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…

   Implementing real-time disaster risk models: Collaborations across government, non-profits, academia and private sector in Mozambique and the Bahamas Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 Organizer: Direct Relief, Facebook Data for Good, Pacific Disaster Center, Harvard School of Public Health During the response to Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique, and Hurricane Dorian in…

   Access the past and foretell the future: Peering into the crystal ball of early action Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 15:00 to 16:55 Organizer: NASA and IFRC From earth observations and weather forecasts to machine learning and predictive modeling, the science and technology of today enables people and organizations to collect decades of data and…

   How disaster risk data is driving public investment in Haiti Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 Organizer: CKIC + IDRC +GIZ Haiti is highly exposed to natural hazards, and climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of hydro-meteorological hazards. Over 93 percent of its surface and more than 96 percent…

   From darkness to illumination: Climate grief and resilience in a sea of warnings Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 Organizer: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt It’s getting scary: our global climate is changing, and humanity is not doing what’s needed to properly address causes and consequences. If you…

   From Principles to Action: Enabling Locally Led Adaptation Thursday, Dec 3, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 Organizer: WRI / Global Commission on Adaptation *this session is part of the Development & Climate Days While it is widely accepted that climate change impacts are felt at the local level, adaptation finance rarely reaches the local level…

   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…

   Misinformation, disinformation, and risk: When science alone doesn’t cut it Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 Organizer: BBC Media Action, NASA, Columbia University Earth Institute’s International Research Institute with Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre Information alone in insufficient for prompting action in regard to the reduction of risk. Cognitive biases, blind-spots, and…

   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…

   Catching fire: Evolving wildfire response for catastrophic events Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 Organizer: World Bank This moderated panel discussion will bring together global wildfire and disaster management leaders to explore technological innovations, share practical insights and explore meaningful solutions to the growing challenge of catastrophic wildfires.As the climate changes, the world…

   Taking the risk out of using risk profiles: The Risk Viewer tool for Latin America and Caribbean Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 Organizer: World Bank A large number of disaster risk profiles exist that can be used for a variety of purposes: to evaluate the impact of disasters, inform risk reduction measures,…

   Understanding and assessing climate change risk to cultural heritage: The Climate Vulnerability Index applied to the Caribbean forts Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 15:00 to 15:55 Organizer: CVI, James Cook University, ICOMOS, INES Ingenieros, WeArchitects, Moun Studi The Caribbean is one of the most hazard prone regions in the world, and its cultural heritage is…

   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…

   Racism, Exclusion & Risk: Making Meaning Matters Tuesday, Dec 01, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 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…

   The power of partnership: Sparking public-private engagement in hydromet services Tuesday, Dec 01, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 Organizer: World Bank/GFDRR The need for hydromet and early warning services is at historical high due to growing population density, urbanization and more frequent events triggered by the climate changes. At the same time, scientific and technological…

   Responsible artificial intelligence (AI) for disaster risk management Tuesday, Dec 01, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 Organizer: GFDRR, University of Toronto, Deltares 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…

   A call to action for resilience: Moving from research to practice Tuesday, Dec 01, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 Organizer: NASA and ImageCat, Inc. The applications of earth observations (EO) in the context of risk assessment are compelling, yet relatively little has been done to extend the use of EO data to the management of…

   Surviving natural hazards through gameplay Tuesday, Dec 01, UTC 17:00 to 17:55 Organizer: art-science-media.com, SERNAGEOMIN, Universitat de Barcelona Using the Earth Girl Volcano free casual strategy game as a case study, this session examines a people-centric approach to providing populations at risk with a science-based but engaging set of effective survival tools. Topics include…

   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,…

   Disaster risk and resilience: Understanding perceptions, exploring possibilitiesLessons to be learnt from the curious way of life Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 02:00 to 02:55 Organizer: Confederation of Risk Reduction Professionals (CRRP), Risk & Resilience Institute (RRI) What is disaster risk? Should disaster risk reduction strategies be designed based on the definition that ‘we’, the…

   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…

   The development impact of open risk analytics Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 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…

   RiskChanges: An open source tool for multi-hazard risk assessment and decision making Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology – ITC, University of Twente This session will provide an advanced approach for multi-hazard risk assessment providing how risk changes over time, and how the information on changing…

   Drawing a regional picture of hydromet and early warning services in Africa Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 11:00 to 11:55 Organizer: World Bank, ECCAS, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC With more extreme and more frequently occurring weather and climate events in Africa, the Regional Economic Communities in Africa – Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Economic…

   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…

   A toolkit for landslide early warning systems Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 11:00 to 11:55 Organizer: Practical Action, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, British Geological Survey, King’s College London, Imperial College London, University of Birmingham, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, UK Met Office, Geological Survey India, Amrita University, Newcastle University, Tribhuvan University, Society of Hydrologists…

   Managing risk through Nature-based Solutions Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 11:00 to 11:55 Organizer: IIED *this session is part of the Development & Climate Days Building on the popular sessions under the NbS theme at CbA. UR2020 Home Frequently Asked Questions Agenda Community Sessions UR Collaboration Session tags AI / Machine learning Data Cities Emerging…

   Towards proactive disaster risk management: Benefits and challenges in linking early warning with risk financing Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 10:00 to 11:55 Organizer: InsuResilience Secretariat / Anticipation Hub (German Red Cross, IFRC, Climate Centre) Acting in anticipation or early after a disaster can save lives and livelihoods, protect public finances and safeguard development gains….

   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…

   We need champions to understand disaster risk Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 10:00 to 10:55 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 –…

   What is a flood? Risk perceptions and decisions Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 10:00 to 10:55 Organizer: World Bank (Urban Floods Community of Practice), NUS Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, NUS Deltares This session seeks to examine flood risk perception and its implications for decisions on prevention and preparedness. Flood…

   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…

   Biodiversity loss is an underestimated risk: climate, development and business perspectives Thursday, Dec 03, UTC 10:00 to 10:55 Organizer: IIED *this session is part of the Development & Climate Days Understanding risk through games: an up close and intimate session. UR2020 Home Frequently Asked Questions Agenda Community Sessions UR Collaboration Session tags Identify Communicate…

   Climate vulnerability, social protection and early action: what are the linkages? Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre Social protection (SP) has been proposed as a policy instrument of direct relevance for dealing with emerging climate-related risks and vulnerability. This session will explore SP’s role in anticipating…

   Are present-day infrastructure disaster risk models still applicable in a post Covid-19 world? Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 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…

   An interdisciplinary approach to forecasting and early warning systems Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: Water Youth NetworkPolytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Center of Applied Research in Hydrometeorology (CRAHI)University of Reading Forecasting and early warning systems (EWSs) help societies prepare for and respond to all types of disasters, including those due to…

   Designing Schools of the Future to Build Education Resilience post COVID-19 Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 12:00 to 12:55 Organizer: The World Bank’s Global Program for Safer Schools, The World Bank Education Global Practice The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated at a global scale the devastating impacts that school closures can have on learning outcomes and…

   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…

   Land and geospatial information systems: A cornerstone to improve resilience Wednesday, Dec 02, UTC 11:00 to 11:55 Organizer: The World Bank When disasters displace people and they are forced to leave their homes behind, land records can offer critical protection of their property rights. This is crucial, since land and homes are usually the…