{"id":1931,"date":"2020-03-03T13:08:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T13:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2020-03-03T13:08:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T13:08:16","slug":"disaster-risk-reduction-and-open-data-newsletter-march-2020-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/03\/disaster-risk-reduction-and-open-data-newsletter-march-2020-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: March 2020 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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COVID-19 could cost world $1 Trillion if it becomes a pandemic, analysts predict<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe ghastly prospect that the coronavirus outbreak could become the first truly disruptive pandemic of the globalisation era is renewing doubts over the stability of the world economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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UNDP and UNDRR to step up action on climate and disaster risk<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) signed a joint partnership agreement on 21 February, to step up collaboration on three priority areas to accelerate the implementation of the\u00a0Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0UN Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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SDSN\u00a0TReNDS Debuts Roundtable on “Governing the Data Revolution”<\/strong><\/a>
\nData is critical to achieving\u00a0the SDGs, and while new data sources can offer many solutions to fill these crucial gaps, they need to be carefully managed. In a new roundtable debate from SDSN TReNDS, a selection of members discuss the role of traditional vs. new data methods, policy and regulatory needs for data governance, and where to invest to maximize value.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Helping shape new flood forecasting services in the Wellington region, New Zealand<\/strong><\/a>
\nGreater Wellington Regional Council<\/a>\u00a0(GWRC) are embarking on a programme to establish improved flood forecasting services across the Wellington Region on New Zealand\u2019s north island.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Australia: Climate changes threatens research itself<\/strong><\/a>
\nA collaborative study between The University of Queensland and RMIT found extreme climate change weather events such as bushfires, hailstorms and floods impacted on research production.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tonkin + Taylor provides Dominica with EWS support<\/strong><\/a>
\nT+T’s Dr Bapon Fakhruddin has been tasked by the United Nations Development Programme for Dominica to help produce Dominica’s new multi-hazard impact-based early warning system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): Strategic preparedness and response plan<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis strategic preparedness and response plan outlines the public health measures that the international community stands ready to provide to support all countries to prepare for and respond to 2019\u2011nCoV. The document takes what\u00a0has been\u00a0learned so far about the virus and translates that knowledge into strategic action that can guide the efforts of all national and international partners when developing context-specific national and regional operational plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Transport Networks and Nodes<\/strong><\/a>
\nExtreme weather events, some of which are increasing in intensity and frequency, as well as slower onset climate changes (for example, sea level rise) and cumulative effects can result in transportation infrastructure damages, operational disruptions, and pressures on supply chain capacity and efficiency. As such, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Group of Experts on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Transport Networks and Nodes (the Group of Experts) has been analysing the impacts of climate change on main transport assets in the ECE region, as presented in this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nature risk rising: Why the crisis engulfing nature matters for business and the economy<\/strong><\/a>
\nNature Risk Rising<\/a>,\u00a0produced in collaboration with PwC and the first report in the NNE series, explains how nature-related risks matter to business, why they must be urgently mainstreamed into risk management strategies and why it is vital to prioritise the protection of nature\u2019s assets and services within the broader global economic growth agenda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts<\/strong><\/a>
\nI<\/span>n this report, the focus is on understanding the nature and extent of physical risk from a changing climate over the next one to three decades, exploring physical risk as it is the basis of both transition and liability risks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cost-benefit analysis of flood early warning system in the Karnali River Basin of Nepal<\/strong><\/a>
\nN<\/span>epal is severely flood-prone and ranks 20th worldwide in terms of flood-affected population. Although it is widely acknowledged that both national and community-based early warning systems (EWS) can reduce the impact of floods, studies quantifying the cost-benefits remain scarce. This study analyses the costs and benefits of the EWS in the Lower Karnali River Basin in Nepal through 453 household surveys, 30 focus group discussions and 40 key informant interviews.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sustainable and FAIR Data sharing in the humanities<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe ALLEA report \u201cSustainable and FAIR Data Sharing in the Humanities\u201d provides key recommendations to make digital data in the humanities \u201cFindable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable\u201d, in line with the FAIR principles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sustainable Research + Innovation Congress\u00a02020 – 14-17 June – Brisbane, Australia<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2020 (SRI2020<\/a>) is the world\u2019s first transdisciplinary gathering in sustainability \u2013 it will be a space of fierce advocacy for sustainability scholarship and innovation, collaboration and action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Workshop on Impact-based Forecast and Warning Services for Members of WMO\/UNESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones – 29 March-2 April – Muscat, Oman<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis joint effort is an outcome of recent strengthened inter-regional cooperation on building the resilience to face extreme events, including tropical cyclones disasters. The workshop aims to build early warning skills in risk assessment and predicting the impact of tropical cyclones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2020 – 29 June-2\u00a0July- Brisbane, Australia<\/a><\/strong>
\nAttracting more than 3,000 delegates from over 40 countries, the APMCDRR is the largest gathering in the Asia-Pacific to progress disaster risk reduction efforts. Participants include ministers, government officials, representatives of the private sector, non-for-profits, civil society, and vulnerable groups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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COVID-19 could cost world $1 Trillion if it becomes a pandemic, analysts predict The ghastly prospect that the coronavirus outbreak could become the first truly disruptive pandemic of the globalisation era is renewing doubts over the stability of the world economy. UNDP and UNDRR to step up action on climate and disaster risk The United […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drr-and-open-data-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1932,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/1932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}