June 3, 4, 5th, 2020. UNDRR COVID-19 Webinars.

UNDRR COVID-19 webinars:

Wednesday, 3 June

• UNDRR Americas and the Caribbean Webinar:
  Climate Change and Resilience in Times of COVID-19: How to Articulate Integrated Responses to the Health, Economic and Climate Crisis in LAC (Spanish-English interpretation available) – Register here
  10:00 (Panama)  
• UNDRR Americas and the Caribbean Webinar: Climate Change and Resilience in Times of COVID-19: How to Articulate Integrated Responses to the Health, Economic and Climate Crisis in LAC (Spanish-English interpretation available)   
• In the context of increasing complexity, interdependence and systemic nature of risk, there is a need for multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder and regional coordination aiming to continue the preparation and implementation of mitigation actions for different recurrent and latent hazards in the current pandemic scenario. This webinar will explore risk reduction and resilience building at the heart of economic recovery (an opportunity to address inequalities and vulnerabilities).
• Wednesday, 3 June, 10:00 Panama, Get more information or Register now.

Thursday, 4 June

• UNDRR Americas and the Caribbean Webinar: Disaster Risk Management and Institutional Response to the COVID-19 Crisis |  Los Sistemas Nacionales de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres en el contexto de la crisis del COVID-19 (Spanish-English interpretation available)   

• UNDRR Americas and the Caribbean Webinar:
  Webinar Disaster Risk Management and Institutional Response to the COVID-19 Crisis |  Los Sistemas Nacionales de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres en el contexto de la crisis del COVID-19 (Spanish-English interpretation available) – Register here
  11:00 (Panama)  
• National risk and emergency management systems in the Americas and Caribbean are engaging in different ways and adopting different commitments in the governance of the current COVID 19 crisis. This approach has been neither planned nor foreseen and has been uneven in many ways: from countries where the Systems have played an important role, to countries where they have had virtually no intervention. The emergency or disaster laws of many countries have been the foundation for actions taken during and after the emergency.
• Thursday, 4 June, 11:00 Panama, Get more information or Register now. 

Friday, 5 June

• UNDRR Americas and the Caribbean Webinar:
  Cities of the Americas and the Caribbean facing COVID-19: Resilient Cities | Reflexiones sobre el futuro de las ciudades en las Américas y el Caribe. Sesión 4, Ciudades Resilientes (in Spanish) – Register here
  11:00 (Panama)  
• UNDRR Americas and the Caribbean Webinar:
  Cities of the Americas and the Caribbean Facing COVID-19: Resilient Cities | Reflexiones sobre el futuro de las ciudades en las Américas y el Caribe. Sesión 4, Ciudades Resilientes (in Spanish)
• The multidimensional impact of COVID-19 threatens the development progress achieved under Agenda 2030. The scenario of a major economic contraction could plunge nearly 28 million people in the region into poverty as a result of impacts on the economy and creative industries, among others. It is in this scenario where, from the understanding of systemic risk, it becomes necessary to rethink the cities of the future we want.

Friday, 5 June, 11:00 Panama, Get more information or Register now.

June 2020. Call for papers. IOC/UNESCO Intergovernmental Coordination Group and International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

Call for papers for the Special issue of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, the second in a joint initiative between with the IOC/UNESCO Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) : “Technology enabled tsunami early warning: opportunities, gaps, barriers and challenges”

Special issue of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, the second in a joint initiative between with the IOC/UNESCO Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) “Technology enabled tsunami early warning: opportunities, gaps, barriers and challenges” Guest Editors: Dr Chandana Siriwardena, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Dr Harkunti Rahayu, Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia, Chair of Working Group 1, Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) Contents of the themed issue: This special issue focuses on ICT to support decision making and information dissemination in tsunami early warning. We anticipate a wide range of contributions, including discussions on situations associated with pandemics such as COVID-19 and other biological hazards. These may include, but are not limited to the following: 1. Evidence to support the gap of developing technology enabled tsunami early warning 2. New technological applications to enhance the disaster risk knowledge 3. Development of hazard maps, vulnerability maps and simulations to investigate different scenarios 4. Use of technology to enhance evidence-based decision making 5. Application of technology enabled stakeholder management platforms and tools 6. Use of social media, mobile based applications and digital platforms to maintain real time information as a tool of tsunami risk communication and tsunami early warning dissemination 7. Integrating tsunami early warning with other hazards, including pandemic threats 8. Community receptiveness, perception and trust towards technology enabled tsunami early warning mechanisms 9. Barriers and challenges in the application of technology into tsunami early warning mechanisms Submissions We are calling for abstracts (200 words) with a proposed title, and up to three key words. These will be reviewed against the themed issue scope. Authors of the selected abstracts will be invited to submit full papers according to the journal’s author guidelines: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=ijdrbe Further instructions on the preparation of full manuscripts will be issued to authors of selected papers. Any queries or abstracts should be submitted to: Dr Chandana Siriwardena, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, email: chaasi@uom.lk Important deadlines • 15th July 2020: Deadline for abstract submission • 31st July 2020: Decision and call for full papers • 31st October 2020: Full paper submission International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment The International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment (IJDRBE) is edited by Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga and Professor Richard Haigh from the Global Disaster Resilience Centre at the University of Huddersfield, UK. IJDRBE aims at developing knowledge and capacity in strategic and practical aspects of disaster risk reduction, response and reconstruction to reduce the impact of natural and anthropogenic hazards. The journal publishes original and refereed material that contributes to the advancement of the research and practice and provides contributing authors with an opportunity to disseminate their research and experience to a broad audience. The Journal is indexed in British Library, Construction and Building Abstracts, ICONDA – The International Construction Database, Business Source Premier (EBSCO), ABI INFORM Global (ProQuest), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (ProQuest), INSPEC, SCOPUS and in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) by Clarivate Analytics (formerly ISI Thomson Reuters). IJDRBE is also a top QI quartile ranked Journal. If you are keen to know more about the journal, editors can be contacted, as follows: Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga – d.amaratunga@hud.ac.uk Professor Richard Haigh – r.haigh@hud.ac.uk Both at the Global Disaster Resilience Centre at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Further details on the journal is available at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/ijdrbe.htm

  

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ACLU APPS TO RECORD POLICE CONDUCT. June 2020

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Listen to others, then .... June 2020

A roadmap for reopening America: How to save lives and livelihoods Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EDT To help the world navigate reopening after COVID-19 shutdowns, Brookings has launched Reopening America & The World, a series presenting ideas on how to protect public health, restart the economy, and promote social well-being.  On Tuesday, several authors of the first publication, “Reopening America: How to Save Lives and Livelihoods,” will discuss how to reopen the U.S. in ways that can better society. Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will deliver keynote remarks. Register to watch