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AVALANCHE

Cyclone, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Land Slide, Avalanche, Tsunami

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Meetings and conferences

2nd International disaster and risk conference IDRC Davos 2008

International Disaster and Risk Conferences

The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation.

IDRC Davos 2008

Davos
Cyclone, Drought, Earthquake, Flood, Land Slide, Avalanche, Tsunami

COLD WAVE

Cold Wave, Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Heat Wave, Tornado

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Meetings and conferences

8th National Conference & Exposition of the National Hydrologic Warning Council

National Hydrologic Warning Council

The conference is the largest in the United States devoted specifically to real-time hydrologic warning systems and how these technologies assist local

Vail, Colorado
Cold Wave, Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Heat Wave, Tornado

CYCLONE

Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, 2019

Cyclone Gita, Tonga, 2018

Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), Philippines 2013

Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood

ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2016

ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide

The ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide (the Guide) aims to help the ASEAN Member States prepare for recovery; and deliver timely, efficient and effective recovery programmes.
Association of South East Asian Nations The ASEAN Secretariat
Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood

Cyclone

Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2017

Hurricane Irma and Maria Recovery Needs Assessment for Antigua and Barbuda

The PDNA report covers the damage, losses, and recovery needs across various sectors following two hurricanes, Irma and Maria, that impacted the Islands of Barbuda and Antigua in 2017. A recovery strategy and summary of identified priority actions for recovery is included in the report.
Antigua and Barbuda - government
Cyclone

DROUGHT

Drought

Marshall Islands 2016
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2017

Republic of the Marshall Islands, Post Disaster Needs Assessment of the 2015-2016 Drought

This report is a rapid socio-economic assessment of the sectors impacted by the 2015-2016 drought in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This assessment is the first PDNA of a drought in the Pacific.
Marshall Islands - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Drought
2016 Malawi Drought PDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2016

Malawi Drought 2015-2016, Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

This PDNA provides an analysis of the physical, socio-economic, and human impacts of the 2015-2016 drought in Malawi. The PDNA also analyzes the challenges faced and lessons learnt from the ongoing drought response and provides a section of recommendations for improved future drought resilience.
Malawi - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Drought

EARTHQUAKE

Ghorka Earthquake, Nepal 2015


Christchurch and Canterbury Earthquakes, New Zealand 2010-2011


Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami 2004


Izmit Earthquake, Turkey 1999

Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood

ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2016

ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide

The ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide (the Guide) aims to help the ASEAN Member States prepare for recovery; and deliver timely, efficient and effective recovery programmes.
Association of South East Asian Nations The ASEAN Secretariat
Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood

Earthquake

2011 Bhutan PDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2011

2011 Bhutan Earthquake- Joint Rapid Assessment for Recovery, Reconstruction and Risk Reduction

This Joint Rapid Assessment presents an overall assessment of the damage and loss following the 2011 earthquake in Bhutan. A framework for early recovery, reconstruction, and disaster risk reduction is also presented in the latter section of this Assessment.
Bhutan - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations - Headquarters
Earthquake

EPIDEMIC & PANDEMIC

Epidemic & Pandemic

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Meetings and conferences

2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The theme for the HLPF 2022 will be “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
New York
Epidemic & Pandemic
Meetings and conferences

Towards Building a Sustainable and Resilient Society in Southeast Asia: Unmasking Opportunities and Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ritsumeikan University
The conference highlights evidence-based transformations that the pandemic has sparked as a way forward towards building a sustainable and resilient future.
Osaka
Epidemic & Pandemic

FLOOD

Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood

ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2016

ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide

The ASEAN Disaster Recovery Reference Guide (the Guide) aims to help the ASEAN Member States prepare for recovery; and deliver timely, efficient and effective recovery programmes.
Association of South East Asian Nations The ASEAN Secretariat
Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood

Flood, Land Slide

sierra leone 2017 pdna
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2017

Sierra Leone- Rapid Damage and Loss Assessment of August 14th, 2017 – Landslides and Floods in the Western Area

This Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) covers the damage, losses, and recovery needs following the 2017 landslides and flooding in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Flood, Land Slide

HEAT WAVE

Cold Wave, Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Heat Wave, Tornado

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Meetings and conferences

8th National Conference & Exposition of the National Hydrologic Warning Council

National Hydrologic Warning Council

The conference is the largest in the United States devoted specifically to real-time hydrologic warning systems and how these technologies assist local

Vail, Colorado
Cold Wave, Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Heat Wave, Tornado

INSECT INFESTATION

LAND SLIDE

Southern Leyte Landslide, Philippines 2006

Flood, Land Slide

sierra leone 2017 pdna
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2017

Sierra Leone- Rapid Damage and Loss Assessment of August 14th, 2017 – Landslides and Floods in the Western Area

This Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) covers the damage, losses, and recovery needs following the 2017 landslides and flooding in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Flood, Land Slide
Sri Lanka 2017 PDNA
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2017

Sri Lanka Rapid Post Disaster Needs Assessment, Floods and Landslides, May 2017

This PDNA report covers the damage, losses, and recovery needs across various sectors following heavy rain and flooding in Sri Lanka in 2017.
Sri Lanka - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Flood, Land Slide

NBC - NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL

NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2015

UK recovery handbook for biological incidents

This handbook provides a framework for identifying an effective recovery strategy following a biological incident, as well as a compendium of practical, evidence-based recovery options to assist with the remediation of environmental biological contamination.
Public Health England
NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
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Meetings and conferences

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) First Response

The Development Network

The consequences of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) emergencies challenge all national response capabilities. Responsibility for an

Bristol
NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

STORM SURGE

Cyclone, Flood, Storm Surge

Meetings and conferences

国際防災・人道支援フォーラム2022　防災・災害情報と避難　～地球温暖化への適応～

国際防災・人道支援フォーラム実行委員会
2021 年8 月に公表された気候変動に関する政府間パネル（IPCC）の最新の報告書でも今後地球温暖化の進行に伴い、世界の多くの地域で大雨の強度・頻度が増加するとされており、洪水・土砂崩れなどの住民の生命に関わる自然災害の発生リスクが一層高まると考えられます。日本では、防災・災害情報や避難を促す仕組みの改良を重ね、日々、努力を積み重ねてきましたが、住民の避難行動に結びついていないとの指摘があります。そこで、今回のフォーラムでは、専門家・実務者が集まり、海外からの論者にも事例を紹介してもらうなどして、新たな災害環境を踏まえた「防災・災害情報と避難～地球温暖化への適応」をテーマに議論し、災害多発・防災先進国・日本の責務として、国内外に発信します。
Cyclone, Flood, Storm Surge

Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Storm Surge, Tsunami

Updates

Ocean accounting for disaster resilience in the Pacific SIDS: A brief note for policymakers

A new UNESCAP report analyses the impact of disasters on SIDS and maps out the impact on a cluster of SDGs. While the Pacific SIDS are heavily reliant on ocean resources, most of the disasters that affect them are oceanogenic. To build resilient SIDS, there is a need to connect the dots - science, geospatial data, statistics, and policy interfaces.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Storm Surge, Tsunami

TECHNICAL DISASTER

Technical Disaster

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Meetings and conferences

6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Intergrated Disaster Risk Managment (IDRiM 2015): Disaster Risk Reduction - Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Growth

Disaster Prevention Research Institute
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Conference Overview

The conference sets out to strengthen collaboration between research and knowledge-based institutions in India’s regions and

New Delhi
Technical Disaster
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Training

Disaster management and sustainable development

Africa Medical Research Foundation

The purpose of this course is to build the capacity of health and development workers and their organizations to be able to establish efficient

Nairobi
Technical Disaster

TORNADO

Tornado

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Meetings and conferences

National Tornado Summit

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Center
University of Central Oklahoma
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Oklahoma Insurance Department
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

About:

This summit will look at disaster response, mitigation, preparedness and recovery in the context of tornadoes. Topics include engineering

Oklahoma City
Tornado

Flood, Tornado

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Meetings and conferences

17th annual severe storms and doppler radar conference

National Weather Association

Overview

  • Tim Marshall will be giving the banquet talk on the challenges of distinguishing EF4 and EF5 tornadoes, and comparing the destruction between
Ankeny
Flood, Tornado

TSUNAMI

Earthquake, Tsunami

21世紀文明シンポジウム～迫り来る巨大災害への備え～
Meetings and conferences

２１世紀文明シンポジウム　迫り来る巨大災害への備え　～首都直下地震や南海トラフ地震の減災復興戦略

International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
阪神・淡路大震災から生まれた災害対処のシンクタンク「ひょうご震災記念２１世紀研究機構」、東日本大震災の被災地で地震・津波等に関する自然災害科学研究を推進する「東北大学災害科学国際研究所」、戦前戦後を通じて震災報道を重視してきた「朝日新聞社」では、大規模災害に対する事前の備えや減災・復興に関する研究成果を広く発信することにより、人々の防災意識を高め、安全・安心な減災社会の実現をめざすため、共同でシンポジウムを開催してきました。今回、これまでの取り組みを総括し、我が国の社会に甚大なダメージをもたらす恐れのある首都直下型地震や南海トラフ地震などの巨大災害を見据え、社会の総力をあげていかに備え、被害軽減や早期の復旧・復興につなげていくべきか考えます。当シンポジウムはオンライン開催とし、YouTubeでライブ配信します。ぜひご視聴ください。
Earthquake, Tsunami
Earthquake and Tsunami 2009 Samoa Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2009

Samoa Post-Disaster Needs Assessment Following the Earthquake and Tsunami of 29th September 2009

This Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) draws upon the findings of various assessments carried out in the immediate aftermath of the disasters by the government, the Inter Agency Standing Committee cluster teams, and nongovernmental organizations, and presents estimates for loss and damage as a result of the 2009 earthquake and tsunami in Samoa.
Samoa - government World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
Earthquake, Tsunami

VOLCANO

Volcano

St vincent and grenadines pdna cover
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
2021

La Soufrière Volcanic Eruption Post Disaster Needs Assessment Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

These documents present the background, context, effects, impact, recovery needs and recovery strategy of the devastation of the La Soufrière Volcanic Eruption on St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) within the context of a Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA).
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - government World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters European Union
Volcano
Meetings and conferences

令和3年度防災・日本再生シンポジウム 「桜島大規模噴火時の降灰による地域社会への被害想定と減災対策」

University of Kagoshima
2016年度から開始された研究プロジェクト「大規模火山噴火にレジリエントな地域社会の実現に向けた取り組み」のの最終年度にあたって、これまで得られた研究成果を、自治体・防災関係機関や市民・教職員・学生に広く公表・周知することを目的したシンポジウムが開催される
Kagoshima
Volcano

WILD FIRE

Earthquake, Flood, Wild Fire

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Meetings and conferences

Virtual Study Tour:  Prepare Better, Build Back Better: Towards a More Resilient Algeria 

World Bank, the

Overview

The Government of Algeria, in collaboration with the World Bank, is organizing a virtual study tour aiming to bring together Algerian

Earthquake, Flood, Wild Fire

Wild Fire

Meetings and conferences

AIDR Recovery Matters webinar series: Community-led recovery

Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience

The new Recovery Matters webinars will get to the heart of key issues that are important in disaster recovery. Join the Australian Institute for Disaster

Wild Fire