Workshop: climate change, humanitarian disasters and international development
In recent years natural hazards such as hurricanes, floods and droughts have triggered humanitarian disasters that have reversed years of development progress. In the years to come climate change is expected to affect the frequency and magnitude of such hazards, thus increasing the risk of disasters. GECHS and CICERO will host a one-day research and policy workshop to highlight some of the latest international findings on natural disasters and complex emergencies in the context of climate change, with the objective of moving toward a more integrated policy framework.
Speakers include:
- Mark Pelling, Kings College London, UK
- Sumaya Ahmed Zaki Eldeen, University of Khartoum, Sudan
- Ian Christoplos, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
- Lisa Schipper, START, the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training, Thailand
- Mihir R. Bhatt, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute, Ahmedabad
- Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
- Madeleen Helmer, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Netherlands
- Siri Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway
Download the programme or a summary of the workshop. You can also view the keynote speeches by Erik Solheim (32 Mb), Norwegian Minister for International Development, and Karen O’Brien (23 Mb), professor at the University of Oslo.
The workshop will be held Friday, 27 April 2007 from 9:00 to 16:00 in the Forum auditorium at the CIENS Resource Centre, Gaustadalléen 21, in Oslo. Please contact Jennifer West for registration or more information. The workshop is free and open to the public, although registration is limited to a total of 75 participants.
