As recent mega-disasters and crises have shown, risk management from a single perspective is no longer adequate to address the complex threats to today’s society. The conference will address different kinds of risks, disasters and crises. A truly integrated and participative approach is planned to ensure that the valuable lessons learned about risk reduction from a wide spectrum are applied correctly to create safer, more resilient and thus sustainable societies for the benefit of communities, countries and regions.
The following topics of interest will be discussed at the IDRC Davos 2010:
| Risk Reduction and Disaster Management | Environment, Resources, Climate Change | Science and Education | Risk Governance, Society and Health |
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Natural Hazards
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Climate change Mitigation and Adaptation |
Education and Knowledge Transfer Tool |
Governance, Decision Making |
| Emerging Risks | Desertification, Land Degradation, Drought |
Capacity Building
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Risks and Ethics |
| Urban Risks & Mega Cities | Environmental Emergencies | Research Needs | Gender Aspects |
| Vulnerability Reduction and Resilience Increase (political, structural, social, environmental) | Resources and Risks | Pandemics and Health Security | |
| Critical Infrastructures Buildings, Components, Systems and Services | Harmonization with Disaster Management | Sustainable Livelihood | |
| Early Warning | |||
| Mitigation, Prevention | |||
| Disaster and Crisis Management | |||
| Disaster and Crisis Recovery | |||
| ICT in Risk and Crises Management | |||
| Financial Tools for Risk Transfer and Disaster Recovery Support |
