Understanding Risk Forum, December 1st to 3rd 2020
This year the Understanding Risk Forum has gone virtual and we are happy to see many sessions related to Anticipatory Action being organized by our partners.
We have summarized these below. Please click on the links for further details.
Anticipation and Early Action related sessions
Session Title:
Acting early before disasters: What can go wrong?
Organiser:
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Date:
Tuesday, 1st December
Time:
UTC 12:00 – 12.55
UR Link
Session Title:
What’s the news in anticipating disasters and acting early?
Organizer:
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Date:
Wednesday, 2nd December
Time:
UTC 10:00 to 11:55
UR Link
Session Title:
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?
Organizer:
Met Office, the UK’s National Meteorological Service
Date:
Wednesday, 2nd December
Time:
UTC 12:00 to 12:55
UR Link
Session Title:
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
Date:
Thursday, 3rd December
Time:
UTC 10:00 to 11:55
UR Link
Session Title:
Access the past and foretell the future: Peering into the crystal ball of early action
Organizer:
NASA and IFRC
Date:
Thursday,3rd December
Time:
UTC 15:00 to 16:55
UR Link
Session Title:
Risk information from the decision maker’s perspective: What they wish you knew and what they need you to tell them
Organizers:
Risk Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP)
Date:
Wednesday, 2nd December
Time:
UTC 10:00 – 11:55
UR Link
Session Title:
Unpacking multi-hazard early warning systems: From concepts to measurable reduction of disaster risks and impacts
Organizer:
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), others to be confirmed
Date:
Wednesday, 2nd December
Time:
UTC 11:00 to 12:55
UR Link
Session Title:
Misinformation, disinformation, and risk: When science alone doesn’t cut it
Organizer:
BBC Media Action, NASA, Columbia University Earth Institute’s International Research Institute with Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Date:
Wednesday, 2nd December
Time:
UTC 15:00 to 15:55
Session Title:
Towards proactive disaster risk management: Benefits and challenges in linking early warning with risk financing
Organizer:
InsuResilience Secretariat and Anticipation Hub (German Red Cross, IFRC, Climate Centre)
Date:
Thursday, 3rd December
Time:
UTC 10:00 to 11:55