Monday, October 21, 2013

Climate Change Workshop. November 27, 2013. Canada

Climate change workshop: Adaptation strategies for Canadian municipalities
Organizer: Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA)
Date: 27 Nov 2013
Location: Canada (Ottawa)
Themes: Climate Change; Information Management; Urban Risk & Planning
Hazards: Flood



Climate change workshop: Adaptation strategies for Canadian municipalities

  • Type: Meeting or Conference
  • Date: 27 Nov 2013
  • Location: Canada (Ottawa)
  • Venue: Delta Ottawa City Centre

Description

Following a successful event last year which set the stage for networking and information sharing among climate change experts, CWWA’s Climate Change Committee will be organizing of a workshop on November 27 to keep the momentum going. Based on current information provided by municipal, provincial and federal representatives pertaining to the level of preparedness and adaptation of water utilities to climate change impacts, the Committee agreed upon three major themes to be considered:
  • Climate change information and its impact to health, safety, and level of service
  • Advocating for adaptation and
  • Success stories
Confirmed Speakers and Topics
  • Updates on City of Windsor’s Draft, Climate Change Adaptation Plan: Paul Drca, City of Windsor
  • Climate Change Adaptation and Practical Coping Strategies: Deborah Harford, Simon Fraser University
  • Updates on Regional Climate Model for City of Edmonton: Steven Chan, City of Edmonton
Invited Speakers and Topics
  • Climate Change Adaptation: David MacLeod, Toronto Water
  • Asset Management and Flooding: Michael D’Andrea, Toronto Water
  • Basement Flooding Program: Ted Bowering, Toronto Water
  • Updates on City of London Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, dealing with extreme rainfall events: Berta Krichner City of London

Additional information

How to register

For further information kindly email the event organiser

Keywords

  • Themes:Climate Change, Information Management, Urban Risk & Planning
  • Hazards:Flood
  • Countries/Regions:Canada

  • Short URL:http://preventionweb.net/go/34544

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Friends of BEMA: CONGRESS OF AFRICAN PEOPLE

BEMA Network Members (All):

Join me in our collaborative efforts with each of the friends of BEMA.

Our support for Africa and the Africa Union, the Caribbean and CARICOM & CDEMA, and the United Nations Global Compact.  Look for BEMA postings and other information collaborating with the Congress of African People.

Charles D. Sharp
Chief Executive Officer
Black Emergency Managers Association
Washington, D.C. 


JOIN US AS WE PLAN TO TAKE MANY OF THE PROPOSALS OUTLINED IN CAP, AS AN ONLINE SITE, TO THE STREETS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. CAP HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE, OF HARNESSING THE VALUABLE FINANCIAL, MATERIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES WHICH EXIST IN THE PAN AFRICAN NATION. NOW WE BEGIN TO ENTER THAT PHASE OF IMPLEMENTING MANY OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE FRIENDS OF AFRICAN UNION HAS ASKED ME TO SERVE AS CHIEF OF STAFF OF ITS CONGRESS, AND WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF INSTITUTING THAT INSTITUTION. WE LOOK TO THOSE WHO ARE SERIOUS TO ENGAGE IN THIS HISTORIC ENDEAVOR.


Saturday, October 19, 2013

Dominican Republic: 2013 International Human Rights Violation




Press release 222/2013
(17 October 2013

Statement on the ruling of the Dominican Republic Constitutinal Court on Nationality 

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  
   
The Caribbean Community is deeply concerned by the ruling of 23 September 2013, of the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic on nationality which modifies retroactively legislation which bestowed citizenship on persons born in the Dominican Republic during the period 1929-2010. 

As a result of the ruling, which considers migrants entering the Dominican Republic since 1929 and their children born in the country as “in transit” and requires them to obtain nationality, a large number of persons who are part of the very fabric of Dominican society would be stripped of Dominican citizenship.  It is estimated that some 210,000 Dominican-born people of Haitian descent who were legally considered Dominican and contributed, as citizens of the Dominican Republic, to the growth and development of their society, economy and politics, would be affected, rendering them stateless in violation of international human rights obligations. 

The Caribbean Community notes with regret that the decision goes against pronouncements of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR) which has repeatedly called on the Dominican Republic to adopt measures to guarantee the right to nationality in the country and to adapt its immigration laws and practices in accordance with the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights. 

The Caribbean Community is particularly concerned about the humanitarian implications of the judgment.  The implications of tens of thousands of persons being plunged into a constitutional, legal and administrative vacuum by the ruling are a source of deep distress to those affected and one of significant disquiet for our Community.


The Caribbean Community calls on the Dominican Republic to adopt measures to protect the human rights and interests of those made vulnerable by this ruling and its grievous effects.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Upcoming events" Disaster Risk Reduction Calendar for 1015/013

11 new and 34 upcoming meetings & conferences on the disaster risk reduction calendar as of today. Plan your DRR Calendar.

Do you have an event to promote on the disaster risk reduction calendar? Please share it: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/submit/events/


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AFRICA
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NEW ADDITIONS TO THE DRR CALENDAR
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*  Cape Town, South Africa: International day for disaster reduction 2013
Date: 11 Oct 2013
Organizer: City of Cape Town, South Africa - gov
Location: South Africa (Cape Town)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Vulnerable Populations

*  International Day for Disaster Reduction 2013 Celebration - Living with Disability and Disasters
Date: 22 Oct 2013
Organizer: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States (UNISDR ROAS); World Health Organization - Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO - EMRO)
Location: Egypt (Cairo)
Themes: Community-based DRR; Disaster Risk Management; Social Impacts & Resilience; Vulnerable Populations


UPCOMING EVENTS - NEXT 2 WEEKS (16 to 30 Oct 2013)
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*  Uganda: National conference on disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Date: 17 Oct 2013
Organizer: Office of the Prime Minister, Department of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Management  (OPM), Uganda - gov; Uganda Red Cross Society; United Nations Development Programme - Uganda (UNDP  Uganda); United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa (UNISDR AF)
Location: Uganda
Themes: Community-based DRR; Early Warning; Indigenous Knowledge; Media; Vulnerable Populations

*  Transforming rural livelihoods in Africa: How can land and water management contribute to enhanced food security and address climate change adaptation and mitigation?
Date: 20-25 Oct 2013
Organizer: Africa Soil Science Society (ASSS); Soil Science Society of East Africa (SSSEA)
Location: Kenya (Nakuru)
Themes: Capacity Development; Climate Change; Food Security & Agriculture; Water

*  Third conference on climate change and development in Africa (CCDA-III)
Date: 21-23 Oct 2013
Organizer: African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC)
Location: Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
Themes: Climate Change; Economics of DRR; Governance

*  International Day for Disaster Reduction 2013 Celebration - Living with Disability and Disasters
Date: 22 Oct 2013
Organizer: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States (UNISDR ROAS); World Health Organization - Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO - EMRO)
Location: Egypt (Cairo)
Themes: Community-based DRR; Disaster Risk Management; Social Impacts & Resilience; Vulnerable Populations

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AMERICAS
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NEW ADDITIONS TO THE DRR CALENDAR
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*  Guyana: in-school art and essay competition - for students of schools for children with disabilities
Date: 11 Oct - 22 Nov 2013
Organizer: Civil Defense Commission (CDC), Guyana - gov
Location: Guyana
Themes: Education & School Safety; Vulnerable Populations

*  II Festival Cultural por una Guatemala Resiliente
Date: 13 Oct 2013
Organizer: Coordinadora Nacional para la Reduccin de Desastres (CONRED), Guatemala - gov
Location: Guatemala (Ciudad Guatemala)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Vulnerable Populations

*  Foro discapacidades y desastres: Una conversacin no tan obvia
Date: 22 Oct 2013
Organizer: Grupo Social CESAP (CESAP); United Nations Development Programme - Venezuela (UNDP Venezuela)
Location: Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep of (Caracas)
Themes: Vulnerable Populations

*  El riesgo nos toca: 1er  encuentro sobre responsabilidad de los gobiernos locales en  la gestin de riesgos y reduccin de desastres
Date: 30 Oct 2013
Organizer: Grupo Social CESAP, Redes Locales de Gestin de Riesgos de Mrida   (CESAP)
Location: Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep of (Mrida)
Themes: Urban Risk & Planning

*  Fourth annual roundtable for Canada's Platform for disaster risk reduction
Date: 05 Nov 2013
Organizer: Public Safety Canada, Canada's Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction  (PS), Canada - gov
Location: Canada (Regina, Saskatchewan)
Themes: Governance


UPCOMING EVENTS - NEXT 2 WEEKS (16 to 30 Oct 2013)
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*  Managing fire on populated forest landscapes
Date: 20-25 Oct 2013
Organizer: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service , Canada - gov; University of Toronto; University of Washington; University of Western Ontario (UWO); Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU)
Location: Canada (Vancouver)
Themes: Climate Change; Disaster Risk Management; Risk Identification & Assessment; Space Technology
Hazards: Wild Fire

*  NOAA's 38th climate diagnostics and prediction workshop
Date: 21-24 Oct 2013
Organizer: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States of America - gov
Location: United States of America (College Park, Maryland)
Themes: Climate Change; Early Warning; Environment; Risk Identification & Assessment; Water

*  Foro discapacidades y desastres: Una conversacin no tan obvia
Date: 22 Oct 2013
Organizer: Grupo Social CESAP (CESAP); United Nations Development Programme - Venezuela (UNDP Venezuela)
Location: Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep of (Caracas)
Themes: Vulnerable Populations

*  1st international workshop on landslides in sensitive clays (IWLSC)
Date: 28-30 Oct 2013
Organizer: Laval University (UL); Ministry of Transportation, Quebec; Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)
Location: Canada (Quebec)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Early Warning; Environment; GIS & Mapping; Risk Identification & Assessment
Hazards: Land Slide

*  El riesgo nos toca: 1er  encuentro sobre responsabilidad de los gobiernos locales en  la gestin de riesgos y reduccin de desastres
Date: 30 Oct 2013
Organizer: Grupo Social CESAP, Redes Locales de Gestin de Riesgos de Mrida   (CESAP)
Location: Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep of (Mrida)
Themes: Urban Risk & Planning

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ASIA
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NEW ADDITIONS TO THE DRR CALENDAR
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*  The disaster #thisability hour
Date: 11 Oct 2013
Organizer: Oxfam - Great Britain
Location: Philippines
Themes: Disaster Risk Management

*  5th CR+I seminar: Lessons learned from the events of March 11
Date: 28-29 Oct 2013
Organizer: International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (Geneva Association)
Location: Japan (Sendai)
Themes: Climate Change; Disaster Risk Management; Insurance & Risk Transfer; Public-private Partnerships; Risk Identification & Assessment
Hazards: Cyclone; Earthquake; Tsunami


UPCOMING EVENTS - NEXT 2 WEEKS (16 to 30 Oct 2013)
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*  The 4th international conference on sustainable future for human security (SUSTAIN 2013)
Date: 18-21 Oct 2013
Organizer: Indonesian Student Association Kyoto (ISA); Kyoto University; Sustain Society
Location: Japan (kyoto)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Early Warning; Water
Hazards: Land Slide

*  Hazard and risk management in Asia-Pacific region: Earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption and landslide in subduction zones
Date: 19-20 Oct 2013
Organizer: Global Earthquake, Tsunami and Volcanic Eruption Risk Management (G-EVER); International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS); National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
Location: Japan (Sendai)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; GIS & Mapping; Information Management; Risk Identification & Assessment
Hazards: Earthquake; Land Slide; Tsunami; Volcano

*  1945 makran tsunami ESCAP project meeting
Date: 20-24 Oct 2013
Organizer: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Location: Oman (Muscat)
Themes: Community-based DRR; Education & School Safety
Hazards: Tsunami

*  First national conference on ecological change
Date: 21-22 Oct 2013
Organizer: Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change (IRGSC)
Location: Indonesia (Kupang)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Social Impacts & Resilience; Water
Hazards: Flood

*  IDRC Singapore 2013: Mega cities and urban risks
Date: 21-22 Oct 2013
Organizer: Global Risk Forum (GRF Davos); Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Nanyang Technological University (ICRM)
Location: Singapore
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Urban Risk & Planning; Water
Hazards: Epidemic & Pandemic; NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

*  11th international symposium on mitigation of geo-disasters in Asia
Date: 22-27 Oct 2013
Organizer: Himalayan Landslide Society (HiLS)
Location: Nepal (Kathmandu and Pokhara City)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management
Hazards: Land Slide

*  Young scientists conference on integrated research on disaster risk, future earth, and sustainability
Date: 22-24 Oct 2013
Organizer: System for Analysis, Research and Training (START)
Location: Taiwan (China) (Taipei)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Environment

*  United Nations international conference on space-based technologies for disaster risk identification, assessment and monitoring
Date: 23-25 Oct 2013
Organizer: Ministry of Civil Affairs, China - gov; United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, UN-SPIDER  (UNOOSA)
Location: China (Beijing)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Economics of DRR; Governance; Risk Identification & Assessment; Space Technology
Hazards: Drought; Flood

*  5th CR+I seminar: Lessons learned from the events of March 11
Date: 28-29 Oct 2013
Organizer: International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (Geneva Association)
Location: Japan (Sendai)
Themes: Climate Change; Disaster Risk Management; Insurance & Risk Transfer; Public-private Partnerships; Risk Identification & Assessment
Hazards: Cyclone; Earthquake; Tsunami

*  9th APRU research symposium on multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim
Date: 28-29 Oct 2013
Organizer: Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)
Location: Taiwan (China) (Taipei)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Early Warning; Governance; Recovery; Risk Identification & Assessment
Hazards: Earthquake; Storm Surge; Volcano

*  2nd international conference on enviromental hazards
Date: 29-30 Oct 2013
Organizer: Kharazmi University
Location: Iran, Islamic Rep of (Tehran)
Themes: Environment; GIS & Mapping; Urban Risk & Planning
Hazards: Cold Wave; Cyclone; Drought; Earthquake; Flood; Heat Wave; Land Slide; Tsunami; Volcano

*  Asia flood conference 2013
Date: 29-31 Oct 2013
Organizer: Fireworks Trade Media Group
Location: Thailand (Bangkok)
Themes: Early Warning; Health & Health Facilities; Insurance & Risk Transfer; Risk Identification & Assessment
Hazards: Flood

*  International day for disaster reduction 2013: Symposium on disabilities and disaster risk reduction
Date: 29 Oct 2013
Organizer: Japan Disability Forum (JDF); Nippon Foundation, the; United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Hyogo Liaison Office (UNISDR Hyogo)
Location: Japan (Rikuzentakata City)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Governance; Vulnerable Populations
Hazards: Earthquake

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EUROPE
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NEW ADDITIONS TO THE DRR CALENDAR
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*  Disaster risk reduction: A concern worldwide public talk
Date: 16 Oct 2013
Organizer: Concern Worldwide
Location: Ireland (Dublin)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Risk Identification & Assessment
Hazards: All hazards approach (for educational material only)

*  Critical infrastructure protection and resilience Europe
Date: 12-13 Feb 2014
Organizer: Torch Marketing
Location: United Kingdom (London)
Themes: Critical Infrastructure; Risk Identification & Assessment; Social Impacts & Resilience


UPCOMING EVENTS - NEXT 2 WEEKS (16 to 30 Oct 2013)
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*  1st international conference '(Dis)memory of disaster'
Date: 18-19 Oct 2013
Organizer: Universidade Catlica Portuguesa, Centro de Estudos de Comunica��o e Cultura (CECC)  (UCP); Universidade da Madeira, Centro de Investiga��o em Estudos Regionais e Locais (CIERL)  (UMa)
Location: Portugal (Funchal, Madeira Island)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Social Impacts & Resilience

*  Basketball for International Day for Disaster Reduction
Date: 20 Oct 2013
Organizer: Geneva Environment Network (GEN); United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Location: Switzerland (Geneva)
Themes: Capacity Development; Civil Society/NGOs; Disaster Risk Management; Education & School Safety; Social Impacts & Resilience; Vulnerable Populations

*  7th IWA specialist conference on efficient use and management of water
Date: 22-25 Oct 2013
Organizer: International Water Association (IWA); Scientific and Technical Association for Water and the Environment (ASTEE)
Location: France (Paris)
Themes: Climate Change; Food Security & Agriculture; Governance; Water
Hazards: Drought

*  Introduction to hydromorphology and fluvial geomorphology
Date: 22 Oct 2013
Organizer: JBA Consulting
Location: United Kingdom
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Environment; Risk Identification & Assessment
Hazards: Flood

*  Wildfire 2013
Date: 22-23 Oct 2013
Organizer: Rural Development Initiatives - United Kingdom (RDI)
Location: United Kingdom
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Risk Identification & Assessment
Hazards: Wild Fire

*  Climate from the Nordic-Baltic perspective: Science, policy and economy
Date: 23-24 Oct 2013
Organizer: Institute of Communication, Tallinn University; Ministry of the Environment, Estonia - government; Nordic Cooperation, Nordic Council of Ministers ; Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Location: Estonia (Tallinn)
Themes: Climate Change; Economics of DRR; Environment; Food Security & Agriculture; Governance

*  Call for papers on disaster preparedness at the world conference on humanitarian studies
Date: 24-27 Oct 2013
Organizer: Kadir Has University
Location: Turkey (Istanbul)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Economics of DRR; Vulnerable Populations

*  OCHA panels at international humanitarian studies conference
Date: 24-27 Oct 2013
Organizer: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Headquarters (OCHA)
Location: Turkey (Istanbul)
Themes: Disaster Risk Management; Early Warning; Economics of DRR; Information Management; Insurance & Risk Transfer; Risk Identification & Assessment

*  UK national dialogue on HFA2
Date: 24 Oct 2013
Organizer: Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office  (CCS), United Kingdom - gov
Location: United Kingdom (London)
Themes: Civil Society/NGOs; Disaster Risk Management; Governance; Public-private Partnerships

*  Next steps for UK climate change policy: Delivering the national adaptation programme
Date: 29 Oct 2013
Organizer: Westminster Forum Projects (WFP)
Location: United Kingdom (London)
Themes: Climate Change; Critical Infrastructure; Environment; Food Security & Agriculture; Governance; Health & Health Facilities

*  Flood risk management: Managing extreme weather
Date: 30 Oct 2013
Organizer: Public Service Events (PS)
Location: United Kingdom (The Queens, Leeds)
Themes: Climate Change; Critical Infrastructure; Disaster Risk Management; Environment; Food Security & Agriculture; Governance; Recovery; Water
Hazards: Flood

*  Global congress on integrated coastal management: Lessons learned to address new challenges
Date: 30 Oct - 03 Nov 2013
Organizer: Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas Center (EMECS), Japan - gov; Mediterranean Coastal Foundation (MEDCOAST)
Location: Turkey (Marmaris)
Themes: Climate Change; Disaster Risk Management; Economics of DRR; Environment; GIS & Mapping; Governance; Information Management; Structural Safety; Urban Risk & Planning; Water




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