The Risk Community

Abstract

Simulation exercise during which students will respond to a fictional disaster caused by extreme rainfall. Students will be able to put their knowledge on disaster management and humanitarian response into practice. In groups, they will conduct risk assessment and coordinate response efforts. The scenario will be foreseeably designed on the basis of the experiences and lessons learned from the 2021 Floods in the region . This session will reflect on the complexity of emergency responses using a two-tier approach: it will focus on the practical implementation of such responses and the associat-ed logistics as well as dive deeper into response coordination between the different levels and countries. This reflection will form the baseline for a further look into the future on what is needed to further improve resilience and emergency responses. Special attention is given to which role scientific institutions can play in developing new methodologies and technologies for future challenges. and learned, this on the and methodologies to improve risk management. presentations and highlight and current develop-ments, and future goals from the perspective of different stakeholders. The aim is to methodologies, and tools have proven to be essential in assessing and recommend ways forward. this to the interplay between insurance markets, political and climate risk reduction. The impact of the 2021 floods and natural disasters in general on this particular nexus and their stakeholders be explored the sharing of initial research results and insights from The session will stimulate open dialogue on the multifaceted impacts of climate change and climate-induced disasters on mental health in the Global South and the Global North. Lessons learnt, research outcomes, and youth perspectives will be shared and new ideas will be explored to address the current needs and gaps in the current climate services.