NH001
Accelerating Natural Hazards Research and Advancing Resilience through Disaster Diplomacy Efforts

Session ID#: 79418

Session Description:
International and transdisciplinary collaboration between disaster experts plays a crucial role in reducing disaster risks and advancing global resilience. Disasters are complex phenomena that are caused by a combination of physical and human factors. Thus, transdisciplinary collaboration between natural and social scientists and non-academic disaster experts (e.g., practitioners and local knowledge holders) is vital in advancing our understanding of disaster drivers and impacts. Disasters often originate and impact states across their geopolitical boundaries, necessitating cross-border collaboration between disaster experts. Disaster-related science diplomacy (disaster diplomacy) provides avenues to advance disaster risk reduction efforts while simultaneously reducing conflicts and fostering cooperation between states where relations could otherwise be strained. This session will feature presentations that highlight the impacts of collaboration across academic, geographic, and institutional borders in advancing our understanding of disasters, reducing disaster risks, and fostering cooperation.
Index Terms:

4323 Human impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4327 Resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4328 Risk [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Primary Convener:  Yekaterina Y Kontar, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA, United States
Convener:  Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, AGW, Karlsruhe, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Yekaterina Y Kontar, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA, United States
 
Data Sharing for Natural Hazards and Vulnerability: Implications for Disaster Diplomacy (490890)
Katerina Stavrianaki, University College London, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, London, United Kingdom and Ilan Kelman, University College London, London, United Kingdom
 
Opportunities and challenges for scientists in disaster management and response: Case studies from California and Oregon (529889)
Lucile Jones, California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and John Bwarie, Stratiscope, Burbank, CA, United States
 
Importance of cross-border team science in permafrost research for risk mitigation (Invited) (564454)
Louise Melanie Farquharson1, Vladimir E Romanovsky1, Benjamin M Jones2, Guido Grosse3, Dmitry Sergeev4 and Ming Xiao5, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Research Center, Institute of Northern Engineering, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Permafrost Research, Potsdam, Germany, (4)Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Moscow, Russia, (5)Pennsylvania State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, PA, United States
 
Tokyo Metropolitan Resilience Project, DEKATSU Activity (571542)
Naoshi Hirata1,2, Keiko Tamura3, Takashi Furuya2 and Scientific Team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Resilience Project , (1)Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (2)NIED National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Research Center for Enhancing Metropolitan Resilience, Tsukuba, Japan, (3)Niigata University, Risk Management Office, Niigata, Japan
 
Collective Action to Advance Risk Reduction and Resilience (585553)
Kirsi Madi, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland
 
Positive Benefits of Multi-Dimensional Collaboration (612333)
Gordon A Mcbean, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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