Global mountain safeguard: emerging risks and future challenges for mountain regions worldwideBozen/Bolzano, Italy
From: 17.10.2018 to: 19.10.2018Eurac Research and the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, through their new joint programme “Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS)”, are organizing an United Nations international workshop to enhance disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and emergency response preparedness in mountain regions worldwide. The aim of the workshop, titled “Global mountain safeguard: emerging risks and future challenges for mountain regions worldwide”, is to increase the resilience of mountain communities towards natural and man-made hazards and disaster risks, to protect the wealth of biological and cultural diversity in mountains and to support the sustainable development of the highly sensitive social-ecological systems. Format Goals • the identification of adequate approaches to turn scientific knowledge into action, specifically to support the implementation of the most recent global conventions and frameworks, such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris Climate Agreement, the New Urban Agenda, and the Sustainable Development Goals; Topics • innovative approaches in the fields of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; For further details with regard to local arrangements and conference logistics, please contact: Alexa De Marchi, Local Workshop Management, Eurac Research: [email protected], +39 0471 055 057 For information regarding the scientific coordination of the workshop, please contact: Jörg Szarzynski, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, UN campus, Bonn, Germany: [email protected], +49 228 815 0327 Stefan Schneiderbauer, Eurac Research, Institute for Earth Observation, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy: [email protected], +39 0471 055 373 Visit the conference website Photo: UN Photo/Andi Gitow |
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