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Kickoff Panel of the IASIA Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): Catalyzing synergies between urban governments and universities for promoting disaster resilience
Modearator: Dr. Sanjaya BHATIA, Head, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) & Global Education and Training Institute (GETI)
Speakers:
Prof. Mohamed MASTERE, University Mohammed V of Rabat
Prof. Pankaj AGARWAL, SHRI RAMSWAROOP MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
Prof. Yasuo KAWAWAKI, Kansai University of International Studies
Dr. Phisut APICHAYAKUL, Naresuan University
Session Abstract
The world’s population passed 8 billion in late 2022 with much of the increase concentrated in ever-expanding urban areas where more than 80 percent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is generated. By 2030, 60 percent of people will live in urban areas. These cities, towns, and settlements are already home to many of the world’s development challenges – as well as many of its opportunities.
A series of compounding challenges – economic, social, and environmental – has meant an unprecedented period of uncertainty for many urban areas. Climate-fueled disasters are becoming more frequent, intense, and unpredictable for urban communities. At the same time, local authorities are striving to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and other systems-wide crises, such as water, food, and energy.
In the face of such a challenging context, there is the opportunity for national and local governments to scale up their disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation actions to protect citizens and local infrastructure assets and systems. To make this happen these governments and other stakeholders (students, youth, communities, private sector) need support through education and training, bringing to them best practices and practical solutions, which education and training institutes can provide.
Objectives:
This panel will address the following questions:
- What are the examples of education and training supporting governments and other stakeholders embed risk reduction at the core of integrated local development planning?
- What critical factors can help to create partnerships between urban governments and academic institutions to improve risk informed decisions?
- How can training and education facilitate greater local government-private sector partnership through networks and platforms, to increase municipality access to wider technical skills and solutions?
Presentations
Kickoff Panel of the IASIA Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): Catalyzing synergies between urban governments and universities for promoting disaster resilience
Sanjaya BHATIA1, Sara HOEFLICH DE DUQUE3, Mohamed MASTERE4, Pankaj AGARWAL5, Yasuo KAWAWAKI6, Phisut APICHAYAKUL7, Mark PELLING2
1Head, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) & Global Education and Training Institute (GETI), Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2University College London; 3UCLG World Secretariat Barcelona; 4University Mohammed V of Rabat; Morocco; 5Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; 6Kansai University of International Studies Kobe, Japan; 7Naresuan University, Vice President for International Relations and Technology Transfer, Thailand
The world’s population passed 8 billion in late 2022 with much of the increase concentrated in ever-expanding urban areas where more than 80 percent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is generated. By 2030, 60 percent of people will live in urban areas. These cities, towns, and settlements are already home to many of the world’s development challenges – as well as many of its opportunities.
A series of compounding challenges – economic, social, and environmental – has meant an unprecedented period of uncertainty for many urban areas. Climate-fueled disasters are becoming more frequent, intense, and unpredictable for urban communities. At the same time, local authorities are striving to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and other systems-wide crises, such as water, food, and energy.
In the face of such a challenging context, there is the opportunity for national and local governments to scale up their disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation actions to protect citizens and local infrastructure assets and systems. To make this happen these governments and other stakeholders (students, youth, communities, private sector) need support through education and training, bringing to them best practices and practical solutions, which education and training institutes can provide.
Objectives:
This panel will address the following questions:
- What are the examples of education and training supporting governments and other stakeholders embed risk reduction at the core of integrated local development planning?
- What critical factors can help to create partnerships between urban governments and academic institutions to improve risk informed decisions?
- How can training and education facilitate greater local government-private sector partnership through networks and platforms, to increase municipality access to wider technical skills and solutions?
