Conveners
Preceding talk on Synergy among monitoring systems to address hazard mitigation and global challenges: Preceding talk
- Georgios Haralabus (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)
Ms
Loretta Hieber-Girardet
(United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Mitigation, Geneva, Switzerland)
02/07/2021, 11:00
Backbone elements
Panel discussion
Risk is systemic, interconnected and cascading. The COVID-19 pandemic has just sent a stark reminder to the world that the days of one hazard, one impact are over. A NATECH event like a tsunami leading to a nuclear disaster is just another manifestation of the cascading nature of risk. Climate change is further driving risk across borders, with impacts on all sectors and with long-lasting,...
