Discussion: Deep Tech for Disaster Response

February 17, 2021 3:51 pm Published by Leave a comment

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With so much innovation and advancement, we have come a long way in the last few decades in using technology to predict disasters and mitigate risks. Yet, the possibilities are immense.

This session titled ‘Deep Tech for Disaster Response’ moderated by Stacie Chan brings together three of the world’s best subject experts – Yossi Matias, Richard Koh and Dawn Wright to share insights around existing and planned technological tools that aid decision making during crises, and to explore how that has changed the dynamics of disaster response

Yossi Matias
Vice President
Engineering at Google, Search & AI and Global Lead, Crisis
Response Efforts, Google

Yossi is Vice President, Engineering, at Google. He is leading efforts in Search (Google Autocomplete, Search Live Results, Google Trends, Search Console), Conversational AI (Google Duplex, Call Screen, Live Caption, Live Relay, Euphonia, Recorder, Read It), and Research initiatives (from foundations to applications in Health). He is the global lead of Crisis Response (SOS Alerts, Public Alerts, Flood Forecasting) and is the founding co-lead of Google’s AI for Social Good initiative.

Yossi is the founding Site Lead in Israel (which he grew to over 1000 on staff) and the founding executive lead of Google for Startup Campus Tel Aviv. He is the founding lead of Launchpad and other global entrepreneurship programs.

In addition to his experience as entrepreneur and executive, Prof. Matias is on the Computer Science faculty at Tel Aviv University, and previously a Research Scientist at Bell Labs and visiting professor at Stanford. He published extensively, has dozens of patents on his name, and pioneered some of the early technologies for the effective analysis of big data, internet privacy, and contextual search. Yossi is a recipient of the Godel Prize and is an ACM Fellow. He is a recipient of the 2019 ACM Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award for seminal work on the foundations of streaming algorithms and their application to large-scale data analytics.

Stacie Chan
Global Product Partnerships Manager
Google

Stacie Chan leads Search and Web Product Partnerships at Google for the Asia-Pacific region. She most recently moved from Google’s headquarters in Mountain View to Asia to work with partners in high-growth markets. Before Partnerships at Google, Stacie worked on the Google News team, supporting news publishers around the world. Prior to Google, she was a journalist in San Francisco covering everything from politics to technology; and before that, an actress in Los Angeles, where she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.

Richard Koh
Chief Technology Officer
Microsoft Singapore

Richard Koh is the chief technology officer of Microsoft Singapore. In this role, he is responsible for engaging with key executive leaders across government, industry and academia; bringing in the macro technology landscape; and helping customers leverage technology innovations for their digital transformation. His focus areas include guiding technology policies, standards, legal and regulatory matters, as well as security, privacy and compliance decisions.

Always passionate about the promises that the Internet and cloud computing can bring, and with a keen eye on business strategies, product development and marketing, Richard’s professional experience spans the Asia and North America regions, as well as multiple functional areas including research & development, IT, product management, marketing, business development and sales operations.

After 12 years at Hewlett-Packard, he joined Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, where he led product teams as director of technical product management in Microsoft’s Office business, Servers & Tools business, as well as telecommunication solutions businesses, and eventually became part of the founding product team for Microsoft’s flagship productivity cloud services suite – Office 365. He then relocated to Singapore, and spearheaded Emerging Markets strategy for Microsoft Operations as the operations team unit lead working on Microsoft’s cloud services launch efforts in China.

Richard currently serves on the board of directors of Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs’ Home Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX), Sentosa Development Corporation’s Digital Transformation Advisory Panel, chairman of SGTech’s AI & HPC Chapter, as well as an advisory member of Singapore ITE’s (Institute of Technical Education) Electronics and Info-Comm Technology Academic Advisory Committee.

Dawn Wright
Chief Scientist
Esri

As Chief Scientist of Esri, Dawn Wright aids in strengthening the scientific foundation for Esri software and services, while also representing Esri to the scientific community. A specialist in marine geology, Dawn has authored and contributed to some of the most definitive literature on marine GIS. Dawn is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the Geological Society of America, of the California Academy of Sciences, of Stanford University’s Leopold Leadership Program (now known as the Earth Leadership Program), and holds lifetime achievement awards from the American Association of Geographers, the Geological Society of America, and UC Santa Barbara. She maintains an affiliated faculty appointment as Professor of Geography and Oceanography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University.

Fact, Fiction, Fixation: Communicating risk amidst misinformation

February 17, 2021 3:26 pm Published by Leave a comment

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The speed and reach of misinformation in a crisis does not just make the job of the risk communicator more difficult, it may put lives at risk. Authorities face the uphill task of building and maintaining public trust to ensure that key messages are understood and acted on, while limiting the spread of false information which can undermine compliance with safety measures. This panel looks at the impact of misinformation on how people perceive and manage risks from health and food safety to climate change and natural hazards and assesses the options for risk communicators seeking to counter misinformation and its harmful effects. The panel draws on diverse perspectives from traditional and social media, psychology, sociology and communications research.

Dr. Olivia Jensen
Lead Scientist
LRF Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, National University of Singapore

Dr Olivia Jensen is a social scientist specialising in water and environmental policy with a focus on urban Asia. She joined IPUR in 2018 as Lead Scientist overseeing the Institute’s work related to Environment and Climate. She holds a joint appointment as Senior Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy’s Institute of Water Policy, where she has worked from 2014.

Dr Jensen’s research is concerned with the spectrum of urban environmental risks and the design and evaluation of policy interventions to strengthen the resilience of urban communities. Her current projects include water risk governance in Asian mega-cities; the role of citizen science in assessing and managing environmental risks; and the design of effective communication strategies for risk management in areas of high vulnerability and high exposure to flood risks.

David Fogarty
Climate Change Editor
Straits Times

David Fogarty joined The Straits Times as an Assistant Foreign Editor in 2014 and became Climate Change Editor in September 2019, building on years of experience in climate reporting. While studying science at university in Canberra, David started writing science news stories in 1986, including the relatively new area of climate change. He has worked for newspapers in Australia, Britain and Hong Kong. He joined Reuters in Hong Kong in 1994 as a desk editor and shifted to Singapore in 1997, all the while maintaining a strong interest in climate change and the environment. From 2008 to 2012, he was Reuters first Climate Change Correspondent. After Reuters, he did media consulting for a group of US foundations, mainly focusing on environmental issues in Indonesia.

Sarah Cumbers
Director Evidence and Insight
LR Foundation

Sarah joined Lloyd’s Register Foundation in autumn 2019 as the founding Director of Evidence and Insight. Her team works to use data and evidence to help better understand the complex factors that affect safety. This includes driving improvements in the availability, quality and accessibility of data, synthesis of evidence, and implementation of evidence into practice to improve safety outcomes.

Gita Johar
Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business
Columbia Business School

Gita is a Professor at Columbia Business School and the school’s inaugural Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She received her PhD from the NYU Stern School of Business in 1993 and her MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC) in 1985. She received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIMC in 2019. Gita has been on the faculty at Columbia Business School since 1992 and has served the school, the university, and the marketing profession in many leadership roles. She co-chaired the Association for Consumer Research annual conference in 2009 and currently serves as an Ombuds for that conference. She served as co-editor of the Journal of Consumer Research from 2014 to 2017 and is currently co-editing a special issue of the Journal of Marketing on Better Marketing for a Better World. She has served as associate editor at the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, and the International Journal of Research in Marketing, and is currently an associate editor at the Journal of Marketing. Gita studies consumer identity, beliefs, and persuasion as they relate to branding, advertising, and media. Her work has been published in top marketing and psychology journals as well as in PNAS and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Gita’s current research studies why people believe and share fake news and how to develop interventions based on this understanding to help clean up the media ecosystem.

UR2020 Keynote Ken Pimlott

February 15, 2021 1:08 pm Published by Leave a comment

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Chief Ken Pimlott, retired Head of CAL FIRE, will share his experiences of tackling some of the biggest fires in California’s history, including the Camp Fire of 2018. Data and risk information play a large role as CAL FIRE prepares for fire season and responds to sweeping fires in the area. No less important is the outreach and public engagement that Chief Pimlott and his team take on to mitigate the fire risk. Learn about the work of Chief Pimlott and CAL FIRE in this keynote.

Ken Pimlott
Chief of CAL FIRE
retired

Chief Pimlott began his fire service career in 1984 as a reserve fire fighter in Contra Costa County, California. He joined CAL FIRE in 1987 as a seasonal fire fighter, and ultimately worked his way through the ranks to Director, a position he held from 2010 until his retirement in December 2018. Chief Pimlott has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forest Resource Management from Humboldt State University and is a Registered Professional Forester in California. Under his leadership, CAL FIRE and the State of California battled historic wildfires and an unprecedented bark beetle epidemic while at the same time increased the pace and scale of forest management and fire prevention. Chief Pimlott participated in numerous committees at the State and national level and testified before Congress on multiple occasions in support of legislation related to forest management and fire protection, including the federal fire funding fix.

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Keynote: Dr. Losang Rabgey

February 15, 2021 11:41 am Published by Leave a comment

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All too often we think about risk in terms of what can be lost, but what if we could flip that? What would happen if risk calculations integrated a bit more empathy and compassion? Dr Losang Rabgey will walk us through her journey of taking risks through empathy, resulting in powerful long-term outcomes. Dr Rabgey is sure to inspire, creating meaning out of risk.

Losang Rabgey
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Machik

Born in a Tibetan refugee settlement in India and raised in Canada, Dr. Losang Rabgey holds a Ph.D. from the University of London and is the first Tibetan to hold a graduate degree in feminist anthropology. Rabgey is also the first Tibetan Commonwealth Scholar and National Geographic Explorer. In 1998, she and her sister, Dr. Tashi Rabgey, co-founded Machik, a non-profit whose mission is to grow a global community of care for a stronger future for Tibet.  In the last two decades, Machik has supported education for thousands of rural youth in Tibet and the diaspora. The organization has also supported Tibetan change-makers in Tibet—particularly in rural communities—who work in education, film, gender equity, conservation, and HIV/AIDS awareness. Gender equity has always been a key focus of Machik’s work through programs like the Mother’s Wish Foundation—providing support for women’s higher education—and the Machik Gender Summit.  Dr. Rabgey and her sister have been named by Harvard Law School as “Women Inspiring Change,” a recognition which has included—among others—Stacey Abrams, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Kamala Harris. Dr. Rabgey and her family were recently honored with the Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor-General of Canada. A frequent public speaker, Dr. Rabgey has presented at Yale University, Harvard University, UC Santa Cruz, and the Nobel Peace Forum, among many others.  Rabgey first traveled to Tibet with her family in 1987.

UR2020 Opening ceremony – Part 1

February 15, 2021 11:35 am Published by Leave a comment

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The Understanding Risk Community was born out of a need to bring together diverse sectors who are all trying to better understand and manage disaster and climate risk to create a more resilient world. Join our host, Kaori Enjoji, as she opens up the 10th anniversary celebration of the UR Community! We will hear remarks from Mari Pangestu, the World Bank’s Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, and a speech from Peter Ho, former head of Singapore’s civil service (note, video starts a 5.05minutes).

Mari Pangestu
Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships
World bank

Mari Pangestu is the World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships. In this role, which she assumed on March 1, 2020, Ms. Pangestu provides leadership and oversees the research and data group of the World Bank (DEC), the work program of the World Bank’s Global Practice Groups, and the External and Corporate Relations function.

Ms. Pangestu joins the Bank with exceptional policy and management expertise, having served as Indonesia’s Minister of Trade from 2004 to 2011 and as Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy from 2011 to 2014.

She has had vast experience of over 30 years in academia, second track processes, international organizations and government working in areas related to international trade, investment and development in multilateral, regional and national settings.

Most recently, Ms. Pangestu was a Senior Fellow at the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, as well as Professor of International Economics at the University of Indonesia, adjunct professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University and a Board Member of Indonesia Bureau of Economic Research (IBER), as well as Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta.

Ms. Pangestu is highly regarded as an international expert on a range of global issues. She served as Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C and as advisor to the Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi. Her record of board and task force service includes the Leadership Council of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), co-chair of the expert group for the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, the panel of the WHO health initiative, the Equal Access Initiative, commissioner for the Low Carbon Development Initiative of Indonesia and executive board member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). She has also served on the board of a number of private sector companies.

She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degree in economics from the Australian National University, and her doctorate in economics from the University of California at Davis. She is married and has two children.

Peter Ho
Senior Advisor
Centre for strategic futures

Peter Ho is the Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures and a Senior Fellow in the Civil Service College. 

Peter Ho is Chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA), Chairman of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Chairman of the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Chairman of the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Steering Committee, Chairman of the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) Governing Council, Chairman of the Office for Space Technology & Industry (OSTIn) Board, and Chairman of  PRECIsion Health Research, SingaporE (PRECISE) Pro-Tem Board Oversight Committee.  He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National University of Singapore (NUS), and a board member of the National Research Foundation (NRF), a member of the Board of Governors of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), and of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP).  

When he retired from the Singapore Administrative Service in 2010 after a career in the Public Service stretching more than 34 years, he was Head, Civil Service, concurrent with his other appointments of Permanent Secretary (Foreign Affairs), Permanent Secretary (National Security & Intelligence Coordination), and Permanent Secretary (Special Duties) in the Prime Minister’s Office.  Before that, he was Permanent Secretary (Defence).  He was also the inaugural Chairman of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

Kaori Enjoji
Journalist

Host of UR2020

From the early outbreak aboard a cruise ship to the abrupt fall of the country’s longest serving prime minister, Kaori Enjoji spent most of 2020 in Japan reporting about the pandemic and its social, political and economic impact for CNN.

After graduating from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she joined Reuters as a correspondent to work in the Tokyo and London bureaus. She later switched to television to serve as CNBC’s bureau chief based in Tokyo. Storytelling has been her passion since she first saw the World Press Photo exhibition as a teenager growing up in Amsterdam. Kaori was raised on three continents and is bilingual in English and Japanese.  She is also proficient in Dutch and French. She reports for print, television and online media by melding those languages and cultures in an unscientific mix. She is currently working on a documentary project to mark the ten years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In her free time, Kaori enjoys being beaten in a good game of shogi by her teenage son.

Covid-19 and Risk Management: Lessons Learned in Costa Rica to Face the Next Crisis

February 12, 2021 3:17 pm Published by Leave a comment

  

Covid-19 and Risk Management: Lessons Learned in Costa Rica to Face the Next Crisis

Organizer: ARX Consultores

In the session, Kathryn Milliken and Andrea Camargo from the World Food Programme (WFP) will present the Risk Finance Strategy for LAC and the risk layered approach adopted by WFP Guatemala. Edgar Uribe (Swiss Re) and Iker Llabres (MiCRO) are going to present the work behind the design of the weather index microinsurance product that will be piloted in Guatemala from April 2021 with Aseguradora Rural.

Background: The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is exposed to a diversity of shocks threatening communities’ livelihoods and food security. Building resilience of the most vulnerable and food insecure is a priority for WFP, with risk financing playing an important role.

The Regional Office of WFP in Latin America and the Caribbean adopted in 2020 a Risk Financing Strategy to encourage the adoption of innovative, responsible, sustainable and scalable risk financing tools to build resilience of the most vulnerable and food insecure. Inspired by this regional strategy, Guatemala is adopting a layered approach where the complementarity between microinsurance, forecast-based financing (FbF), and macro and meso risk financing tools is at the core. Other countries such as Dominica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and El Salvador are currently exploring the pathways to integrate risk financing tools within their programmes.

WFP Guatemala, in collaboration with Swiss Re (reinsurance coverage), Aseguradora Rural (local reinsurer) and the Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organisation (MiCRO) (technical design of the product), has worked on the integration of a weather index microinsurance product covering drought and excess rain into their programmes to boost resilience and productivity of smallholder farmers and microentrepreneurs. In order to ensure sustainability, WFP Guatemala designed a scalable and sustainable strategy that requires linking the microinsurance product with supply value chains. The product is awaiting the approval of the Guatemalan supervisory authority, Superintendencia de Bancos (SIB).The Covid-19 pandemic caught most nations unaware of its implications. Response was rapid once realities started to appear as inevitable; sanitary measures were applied when feasible, even if improvisation and trial-and-error prevailed. But almost nowhere pre-arranged risk management notions, procedures and protocols were and are still not applied. An opportunity was lost to minimize losses and most of all, to prepare to face for the next crisis, derived either from natural as well as anthropogenic hazards, and their respective vulnerabilities.

Costa Rica was not an exception to this panorama. The Covid-19 pandemic arrived at Costa Rica in March 2020 in the middle of an intense fiscal and social crisis. It was initially faced as a dangerous “surprising and unexpected” situation. Its sanitary management was successful (until now) thanks to a robust social health and medicine system and because the President of the Republic stepped aside and left its conduction to the Ministry of Health (an epidemiologist) and the President of the Social Security Authority (a biochemist); science became a priority.

The National Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Commission, in charge of coordinating and organizing the primary response, acted vigorously. This response was inspired by experiences gathered while facing natural hazards. However, management has been essentially reactive and business continuity has not been an active goal. The rest of the risk management toolbox spectrum has not been used: participative risk understanding, social risk communication, risk reduction through prevention and mitigation procedures, risk financing and protection through retention, transfer instruments and residual risk determinations, open real-time data access and discussion, and most of all that it becomes critical to acknowledge the fact that the “post” of this event is inevitably the “pre” of the next one…In the session, Kathryn Milliken and Andrea Camargo from the World Food Programme (WFP) will present the Risk Finance Strategy for LAC and the risk layered approach adopted by WFP Guatemala. Edgar Uribe (Swiss Re) and Iker Llabres (MiCRO) are going to present the work behind the design of the weather index microinsurance product that will be piloted in Guatemala from April 2021 with Aseguradora Rural.

Background: The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is exposed to a diversity of shocks threatening communities’ livelihoods and food security. Building resilience of the most vulnerable and food insecure is a priority for WFP, with risk financing playing an important role.

The Regional Office of WFP in Latin America and the Caribbean adopted in 2020 a Risk Financing Strategy to encourage the adoption of innovative, responsible, sustainable and scalable risk financing tools to build resilience of the most vulnerable and food insecure. Inspired by this regional strategy, Guatemala is adopting a layered approach where the complementarity between microinsurance, forecast-based financing (FbF), and macro and meso risk financing tools is at the core. Other countries such as Dominica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and El Salvador are currently exploring the pathways to integrate risk financing tools within their programmes.

WFP Guatemala, in collaboration with Swiss Re (reinsurance coverage), Aseguradora Rural (local reinsurer) and the Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organisation (MiCRO) (technical design of the product), has worked on the integration of a weather index microinsurance product covering drought and excess rain into their programmes to boost resilience and productivity of smallholder farmers and microentrepreneurs. In order to ensure sustainability, WFP Guatemala designed a scalable and sustainable strategy that requires linking the microinsurance product with supply value chains. The product is awaiting the approval of the Guatemalan supervisory authority, Superintendencia de Bancos (SIB).

Speakers:
Sergio Mora Castro, Consultant at ARX

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Catalyzing Inclusive Risk Finance in LAC: Opportunities for Innovation in Guatemala and the Caribbean

February 12, 2021 3:03 pm Published by Leave a comment

  

Catalyzing Inclusive Risk Finance in LAC: Opportunities for Innovation in Guatemala and the Caribbean

Organizer: World Food Programme (WFP)

In the session, Kathryn Milliken and Andrea Camargo from the World Food Programme (WFP) will present the Risk Finance Strategy for LAC and the risk layered approach adopted by WFP Guatemala. Edgar Uribe (Swiss Re) and Iker Llabres (MiCRO) are going to present the work behind the design of the weather index microinsurance product that will be piloted in Guatemala from April 2021 with Aseguradora Rural.

Background: The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is exposed to a diversity of shocks threatening communities’ livelihoods and food security. Building resilience of the most vulnerable and food insecure is a priority for WFP, with risk financing playing an important role.

The Regional Office of WFP in Latin America and the Caribbean adopted in 2020 a Risk Financing Strategy to encourage the adoption of innovative, responsible, sustainable and scalable risk financing tools to build resilience of the most vulnerable and food insecure. Inspired by this regional strategy, Guatemala is adopting a layered approach where the complementarity between microinsurance, forecast-based financing (FbF), and macro and meso risk financing tools is at the core. Other countries such as Dominica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and El Salvador are currently exploring the pathways to integrate risk financing tools within their programmes.

WFP Guatemala, in collaboration with Swiss Re (reinsurance coverage), Aseguradora Rural (local reinsurer) and the Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organisation (MiCRO) (technical design of the product), has worked on the integration of a weather index microinsurance product covering drought and excess rain into their programmes to boost resilience and productivity of smallholder farmers and microentrepreneurs. In order to ensure sustainability, WFP Guatemala designed a scalable and sustainable strategy that requires linking the microinsurance product with supply value chains. The product is awaiting the approval of the Guatemalan supervisory authority, Superintendencia de Bancos (SIB).

Speakers:
Kathryn Milliken, Climate Change Adviser (World Food Programme)
Andrea Camargo, Risk Finance Consultant (World Food Programme)
Iker Llabres, Actuarial Officer and Business Manager for El Salvador (MiCRO)
Edgar Uribe, Underwriter and Senior Product Manager (Swiss Re)

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European Commission MISSION on Adaptation to Climate Change with Societal Transformation

February 12, 2021 2:58 pm Published by Leave a comment

  

European Commission MISSION on Adaptation to Climate Change with Societal Transformation

Organizer: Public Health England

Partly inspired by the Apollo 11 mission to put a man on the moon, the European research and innovation missions aim to deliver solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing our world. They are an integral part of the Horizon Europe framework programme beginning in 2021. Climate adaptation is the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects. The mission area will support this process by connecting citizens with science and public policy and this is an important part of understanding risk A mission in this area will help maximise the impact of the EU’s support to research and innovation and demonstrate its relevance for society and citizens. Its focus will be on solutions and preparedness for the impact of climate change to protect lives and assets. It will include behavioural changes and social aspects by addressing new communities beyond usual stakeholders, which help lead to a societal transformation. This mission area has a mission board tasked with identifying one or more specific missions for implementation under Horizon Europe. The mission board consists of 15 experts, including the chair, and is supported by a mission secretariat and an assembly. Our time line is September 2019 Mission board meets for the first time End 2019-Early 2020 Target for mission boards to identify the first of one or more possible missions in the area The mission board has developed, together with stakeholders and citizens, the research and innovation activities that will contribute to the mission. These will be funded via the Horizon Europe work programme for 2021-2022.On 1 January 2021 the mission will come into effect with the launch of Horizon Europe The aim of the workshop is to consult with colleagues on how best to inform the Mission on climate adaptation as the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects by connecting citizens with science and public policy.

Speakers:
Connie Hedegaard, Chair of the European Commission MISSION on Adaptation to Climate Change with Societal Transformation Session
Philippe Tulkens , Acting Head of Unit “Climate and Planetary Boundaries” Healthy Planet Directorate. Directorate General for Research and Innovation European Commission
Jaroslav Mysiak, Member of the European Commission MISSION BOARD on Adaptation to Climate Change with Societal Transformation. Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change and Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy.
Virginia Murray , Already a speaker

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Future/ Risk/ Tick √: Future Climate Projections Show us a Possible Future

February 12, 2021 2:52 pm Published by Leave a comment

  

Future/ Risk/ Tick √: Future Climate Projections Show us a Possible Future

Organizer: Lloyd’s Register Foundation, National University of Singapore

An interactive active session, starting with a weather bulletin for the 2050s, and seeking advice from experts and the audience on risk resilient practices using future climate projections. Panelists include Met Office Climate Science, Red Cross Climate Centre, World Bank and World Food Programme experts. The Host of the session will provide further context on an Imaginary Country. The challenges the people of this nation face NOW are more frequent and intense Tropical Cyclones, which lead to flooding. Seasonal forecasts indicate the possibility of more frequent droughts. And climate projections to the 2050s/2080s indicate this country is likely to experience a potential desertification in a specific region. The information on the Imaginary Country will set the scene for an interactive discussion with expert panellists and will seek input from audiences on how we can incorporate future climate projections and potential risks into our early warnings and actions today.

Speakers:
Nyree Pinder, Global Partnerships Manager – Met Office
Joseph Daron, Climate Scientist, Met Office
Irene Amuron, Forecast Based Financing Technical Advisor – Red Cross Climate Centre
Cathy Ansell, Financial Sector Specialist in Crisis and Disaster Risk – World Ba nk
Katiuscia Fara, Senior Climate Services and DRR Advisor

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Global Risk Narratives and Communications: Strategy, Tools, and Cultural Considerations

February 12, 2021 2:47 pm Published by Leave a comment

  

Global Risk Narratives and Communications: Strategy, Tools, and Cultural Considerations

Organizer: Lloyd’s Register Foundation, National University of Singapore

This session launches two white papers from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk: (1) Global Risk Perception Gap: Comparing Societal Narratives and Individual Perceptions of Risk; and (2) Culture and Risk: Influence of Culture on Risk Experience and Perceptions. Thereafter, a diverse panel of thought leaders and practitioners from three continents will share the challenges of communicating risk across the lifespan, and stories of creative experiments.

Speakers:
Reuben Ng, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore / Lead Scientist, Data & Technology, Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk
Yichen Zhu, Project Manager, Data and Technology, Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk
Temuulen Bayaraa, Project Manager, Data and Technology, Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk
Jeannette Ickovics, Dean of Faculty, Yale-NUS College
Pablo Suarez, Associate Director for Research and Innovation, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre / Artist in Residence, Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk
Carin Ism, Co-Founder, Future of Governance Agency

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