IAP and disaster risk reduction

On 24-25 June 2015, the Royal Society hosted a meeting of international disaster risk experts in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the International Council for Science (ICSU), its Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme, and the UK Collaborative on Development Science (UKCDS).
The meeting aimed to: initiate detailed discussions about the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, agreed in March this year, its scientific elements and its implementation; identify principles for scientific engagement in the Sendai Framework; and suggest processes for the development of a ‘road map’ to guide this engagement.
Antonio Sgamellotti, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, attended on behalf of IAP. A report of the meeting is available here.

As a follow-up to the meeting, IAP has appointed R.B. Singh, a member of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and currently also vice president of the International Geographical Union (IGU), to the organizing committee for the UNISDR S&T Conference on the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which is scheduled to take place in January/February 2016.

For more information, see also IAP & Post-2015 pages.