Disaster Risk

PERIGEE is a highly innovative, research-driven online service for humanitarian emergency fundraising. By coupling Earth observation (EO) with advanced social media analytics, PERIGEE detects high-value donors even before a disaster strikes. This increases average donations by more than forty per cent.

 Every day, hundreds of millions of messages are sent through various communication channels. Five hundred million are sent on Twitter alone. Social media, the 24-hour news cycle, automated advertising: our attention span is constantly being overstrained. For the humanitarian aid

On 22nd December 2018, at 13:56 UTC, a tsunami was generated by the collapse of the Anak Krakatau volcano, with waves propagating in all directions within the Sunda Strait, the stretch of sea between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. The volcano had been particularly active since June 2018, even if no stronger eruption occurred at the time of the tsunami event. The volcano-triggered tsunami reportedly caused over 430 fatalities and extensive damage along coastal areas of the Sunda Strait.

 Visual observations on-site and by satellite images revealed that a large part o

On behalf of the UNISDR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction), we are conducting a survey to inform the development of a Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF). The GRAF aims to be an international framework for developing and sharing risk information and promoting a pro-active culture of risk-informed decision-making. The survey results will help us to understand your needs as risk assessment informat

A three-day training course on drought risk assessment, co-organized by the Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ) and the European Commission’s Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC), was held on 6-8 November 2018 in Budapest, Hungary.

Against a background of global warming, many regions around the world are experiencing an increase in the frequency, severity and intensity of droughts. Based on projections, in Europe the biggest increases are expected to affect mainly (but not only) Mediterranean areas, where competition between different water users such as agricu

The 2nd European Drought Observatory (EDO) User Meeting was held on 11-12 October 2018 at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy. At the meeting, experts in drought monitoring, forecasting and management discussed the status and development of EDO and the Global Drought Observatory (GDO). Both systems form part of the EU’s Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS), providing information for monitoring droughts in Europe and globally, and complementing the other EMS early warning systems on floods and forest fires. GDO extends EDO to global leve

I was delighted to be recently appointed to head the Joint Research Centre (JRC) unit that manages and coordinates the Commission’s Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC). To mark the recent occasion of the third anniversary of the DRMKC’s inception, I would like to take this opportunity to share some thoughts on how the DRMKC has matched - and will continue to match - both the Commission’s overall approach to knowledge management for policy support, and the long-term vision of the JRC enshrined in its 2030 Strategy.

Just over two ye

The Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) set up by the Commission in July 2018 launched a call for feedback to develop a unified EU-wide classification system – or taxonomy – for environmentally sustainable economic activities. This call stems from the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan that the Commission published in March 2018 and follows up on the  

The second International Conference on Risks, Security and Citizenship will occur on the 28th and 29th of march 2019, in Setúbal, Portugal, subordinated to the theme “Risk Management and Climate Change”.
Climate change is now widely recognized as one of the most prominent risks and challenges humanity faces.
We now find signs the climate is changing. The effects of climate change are several and have repercussions in the social, economic and environmental framework.
With this event, we pretend to reflect on the problematic of risk in the context of the impl

The CMINE is launching a Call for experts who might be interested in joining one of the thematic task groups, Floods, Volunteer Management and Wildfires. The Call will remain open until end of February 6th 2019.

Joining one of the CMINE task groups is an excellent opportunity to get involved in the development of a crisis management solutions. The CMINE offers the task group members the chance to collaborate with various types of professionals with different geographical backgrounds and expertise. Through the self-governing task groups, experts have a strong voice and can help s

GLOMOS conference report (in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, 17 – 19 October 2018 ), within integrating all constructive comments and editorials we received from numerous participants.
The endorsement was very instrumental and helpful to finally design GLOMOS as a programme of applied research, operating within a high-level international environment, with a distinct spirit of collaboration to create synergies and comp

The INFORM development team of the Joint Research Centre of European Commission is looking for reinforcement. If you have experience in data analysis, particularly on risk assessment models and eager to contribute to the future development of INFORM GRI index (http://www.inform-index.org/) here is the opportunity: 

 https://www.acaps.org/sites/acaps/files/key-documents/files/acaps_inform_tor_gis_de

This Deliverable reports first results on testing the RDH Country Corner concept from the perspective of Austria with a combination of initiatives set up for national Loss & Damage Data Base.
 
Within the DRMKC Support Service, Austria got the opportunity for testing intensively the RDH Country Corner with real data on economic losses and recorded event data from 2005 up to 2018. The functionalities in the RDH Country Corner itself do not set up any barriers for a data import in general. The Austrian activities on the RDH platform clearly showed that the challenges of har

An Open Public Consultation is being carried out via the EU platform “EU Survey”, which aims at collecting as many views as possible on how the EU’s Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive have respectively brought about changes to the sustainable management of water and improvement in the state of water bodies, and to the strategies to reduce the risk of flooding across the EU.

All citizens and the wider community of stakeholders are welcome to express their views.

You can participate in the consultation (which will remain open until 11th March 2019)

The social shock caused by the Spitak earthquake brought seismological and geodynamic studies and seismic hazard and risk assessment in Armenia up to a new level. It served also an impetus to develop up-to-date studies on active tectonics and paleoseismology in the country and promoted international cooperation.