Session title: Anticipatory Action to avoid deaths in urban areas
Organizer(s): Prepared International
26 Mar 25 16:00-17:30
UTC+1 (Salle 12)
Urban
areas are often especially vulnerable to disaster impacts, with a high number
of disaster deaths among the civilian population. Failure of infrastructure,
technological secondary affects, lack of preparedness for specific urban risks
are only a few reasons for this. Anticipatory action, early warning and further
preparedness measures have strong potential to reduce the number of deaths
among the population in urban areas, and also to reduce the suffering. But
because of the specific nature of urban environments, measures taken have to be
urban-specific.
What is
the experience with anticipatory action in urban areas, and where do we find
the key gaps?The session will focus on experiences, and also on ways forward in
making mass urban areas safer places, also in case of so-called High Impact Low
Probability events (HILP).
Input from experts will support the open
discussion. Topics like inclusion of minorities and especially vulnerable
groups will be adressed, as well as topics like climate adaptation or mass
urban area response methodology.
- Draft Agenda -
Introduction:
Mr. Dr. Albrecht Beck (Director, Prepared International (PPI))
Panelists
Mr. Prof. Alois Hirschmugl (Technical
Director, D.M.A.T. Consulting KG)
Mr. Malte Schönefeld (Municipalities
Crisis Resilience – Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany)
Mr. Olafur Loftsson, Senior Project Manager,
Volcano Response and Preparedness, Department for Civil Protection, Iceland
Mr. Luca Rossi (Senior Coordinator, Early Warning for All - UNDRR)
Ms. Cecilia Schmölzer (Technical Manager, Disaster Risk Reduction
in Urban Context, IFRC)
Ms. Wilhelmina Welsch (Humanitarian Data Expert, Switzerland)
Mr. Prof. Jörg Szarzynski (Head, United
Nations Global Mountain Safeguard (GLOMOS) and Professor, United Nations
University UNU)
Ms Pauliina Eskola, (Director of Rescue
Services, Accident Prevention and International Cooperation, Department for
Rescue Services, Ministry of the Interior, Finland)
Open discussion
Mr. Dr. Albrecht Beck (Director, Prepared International (PPI))
Panelists
Mr. Prof. Alois Hirschmugl (Technical Director, D.M.A.T. Consulting KG)
Mr. Malte Schönefeld (Municipalities Crisis Resilience – Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany)
Mr. Olafur Loftsson, Senior Project Manager, Volcano Response and Preparedness, Department for Civil Protection, Iceland
Mr. Luca Rossi (Senior Coordinator, Early Warning for All - UNDRR)
Ms. Cecilia Schmölzer (Technical Manager, Disaster Risk Reduction in Urban Context, IFRC)
Ms. Wilhelmina Welsch (Humanitarian Data Expert, Switzerland)
Mr. Prof. Jörg Szarzynski (Head, United Nations Global Mountain Safeguard (GLOMOS) and Professor, United Nations University UNU)
Ms Pauliina Eskola, (Director of Rescue Services, Accident Prevention and International Cooperation, Department for Rescue Services, Ministry of the Interior, Finland)
