GCRF Resilience to Coupled Human-Natural Multi-hazards Network
Lead Research Organisation:
VIGMR
Department Name: Economic Geology - Mineral Materials
Abstract
The Network will focus on the need and ability to evaluate and increase the resilience to natural-human hazards of increasingly vulnerable populations in the hyper-expanding margins of cities, specifically in Vietnam and more generally in SE Asia.
The focus is aimed at the GCRF challenge "resilience to environmental shocks and change", and directly supports key SDG targets within SDG 11 (Sustainable Communities and Cities) and the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The Network will tackle specific targets 11.5 and 11.B, which respectively address the need to significantly reduce the loss of lives and livelihoods caused by disasters while protecting vulnerable populations, and substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and to develop and implement holistic disaster risk management at all levels. Similar challenges arise in SDG 13.1 (climate change and its impacts).
The environment within which coupled natural-human hazards occur and the people and institutions that are impacted by hazardous events comprise a complex physical and social system characterized by interactions across a range of time and spatial scales. Understanding how to increase the system resilience to adverse events means bringing all vested groups to the same table at the same time. This strategy allows Network members to both inform be informed about each other's perspectives, methodologies, and language, to understand and reveal assumptions and to generate a common articulation of a resilience plan or framework.
We will do this by developing a Network constituency that includes: researchers, decision and policy makers, managers (land-use, disaster, etc.), planners (city, rural, etc.), community leaders (particularly minority and historically under-represented communities), developers (private sector), investment banks, re/insurance, small and medium business enterprises (SMEs), and DRR specialists. And within "researchers", we include the fields of complex systems, environmental historical analysis, cultural policy, socio-economic processes, behavioural sciences, psycho-visual arts, ecosystem services, environmental physical science, etc. This marriage of disciplines allows us to cross cultural contexts in both the vulnerable population and in the institutions that have responsibility for the management of natural hazards and - significantly - institutions responsible for ostensibly non-hazard issues (e.g. energy, industrial development, etc.). The long time-scales to be examined combined with the broad range of stakeholders will enable us to examine the role of culture and policy and trade-offs evident in the need for economic development.
The Network will add value to existing knowledge largely through the integration of researchers and stakeholders and through the atypically broad church of research disciplines to be engaged, which we demonstrate in the initial and committed membership.
We will deliver our objectives through three workshops (and related activities). The first will provide a forensic examination of selected disasters that will serve as the context of the second critical workshop that allows Network members to effectively teach other members about their perspectives, methodologies, language and assumptions. A third workshop will present a synthesis (a road-map that articulates a common resilience approach or plan) to high-level decision makers from relevant cities in SE Asia.
The focus is aimed at the GCRF challenge "resilience to environmental shocks and change", and directly supports key SDG targets within SDG 11 (Sustainable Communities and Cities) and the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The Network will tackle specific targets 11.5 and 11.B, which respectively address the need to significantly reduce the loss of lives and livelihoods caused by disasters while protecting vulnerable populations, and substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and to develop and implement holistic disaster risk management at all levels. Similar challenges arise in SDG 13.1 (climate change and its impacts).
The environment within which coupled natural-human hazards occur and the people and institutions that are impacted by hazardous events comprise a complex physical and social system characterized by interactions across a range of time and spatial scales. Understanding how to increase the system resilience to adverse events means bringing all vested groups to the same table at the same time. This strategy allows Network members to both inform be informed about each other's perspectives, methodologies, and language, to understand and reveal assumptions and to generate a common articulation of a resilience plan or framework.
We will do this by developing a Network constituency that includes: researchers, decision and policy makers, managers (land-use, disaster, etc.), planners (city, rural, etc.), community leaders (particularly minority and historically under-represented communities), developers (private sector), investment banks, re/insurance, small and medium business enterprises (SMEs), and DRR specialists. And within "researchers", we include the fields of complex systems, environmental historical analysis, cultural policy, socio-economic processes, behavioural sciences, psycho-visual arts, ecosystem services, environmental physical science, etc. This marriage of disciplines allows us to cross cultural contexts in both the vulnerable population and in the institutions that have responsibility for the management of natural hazards and - significantly - institutions responsible for ostensibly non-hazard issues (e.g. energy, industrial development, etc.). The long time-scales to be examined combined with the broad range of stakeholders will enable us to examine the role of culture and policy and trade-offs evident in the need for economic development.
The Network will add value to existing knowledge largely through the integration of researchers and stakeholders and through the atypically broad church of research disciplines to be engaged, which we demonstrate in the initial and committed membership.
We will deliver our objectives through three workshops (and related activities). The first will provide a forensic examination of selected disasters that will serve as the context of the second critical workshop that allows Network members to effectively teach other members about their perspectives, methodologies, language and assumptions. A third workshop will present a synthesis (a road-map that articulates a common resilience approach or plan) to high-level decision makers from relevant cities in SE Asia.
Planned Impact
This proposal intends to deliver impact from the outset, principally by bringing decision-makers and disaster managers to the same table as a broad church of science and non-science researchers. The host institution (Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, VIGMR) is home to the Center for Geohazards Research and is under contract with the Hanoi Peoples Committee (a high-level governance organisation in Hanoi) to mitigate and minimize risks that could become catastrophic for Hanoi. The Co-Director's institution (British Geological Survey) is working closely with various SE Asia countries (and other countries in the global south) on hazard-related issues, in each case closely allied with government research departments, In addition, initial and committed members of the proposed Network come from both academia and government stakeholder communities, and results therefore will have a short pipeline to decision-makers. We intend to engage Network members from similar groups in related SE Asian (mega)cities.
Impact will be generated continuously through the Network activities, which are primarily three coupled workshops, starting with a forensic examination of selected disasters (and examined under relatively long, decadal and longer) time-scales, this to develop the role of culture and policy in the impact of hazard events. That workshop will inform the core activity, which is a novel "teach each other" workshop, provided BY and FOR the broad range of Network members. This strategy allows Network members to both inform be informed about each other's perspectives, methodologies, and language, to understand and reveal assumptions and to generate a common articulation of a resilience plan or framework. A final synthesis workshop will present a co-designed road-map to high-level decision-makers and disaster managers from relevant SE Asian cities.
Impact will be generated continuously through the Network activities, which are primarily three coupled workshops, starting with a forensic examination of selected disasters (and examined under relatively long, decadal and longer) time-scales, this to develop the role of culture and policy in the impact of hazard events. That workshop will inform the core activity, which is a novel "teach each other" workshop, provided BY and FOR the broad range of Network members. This strategy allows Network members to both inform be informed about each other's perspectives, methodologies, and language, to understand and reveal assumptions and to generate a common articulation of a resilience plan or framework. A final synthesis workshop will present a co-designed road-map to high-level decision-makers and disaster managers from relevant SE Asian cities.
Publications
Payo A
(2022)
Developing an Open Database to Support Forensic Investigation of Disasters in South East Asia: FORINSEA v1.0
in Frontiers in Earth Science
Description | This award has created a unique community of geoscientist, specialist in Disaster Risk Management and social business entrepreneurs and mentors. The ARUSEA Incubation Program Community includes social business mentors, experts on Disaster Risk Reduction, on multi-hazards, and on the role of culture on Disaster Risk Management. All of these, along with a network of innovators, agitators, thought leaders, and those who hold levers of power in local businesses and governments |
Exploitation Route | These will serve as an example to other countries interested in using Social Business to build more resilient urban communities. We are exploring of maintaining this network as a social business itself, beyond the end of the project, |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Energy Environment Healthcare |
URL | https://www.arusea.org/programmes |
Description | This community has developed a prototype program that provide is providing training to 10 social entrepreneurs in South East Asia. |
First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Energy,Environment,Healthcare |
Impact Types | Societal Economic |
Description | Provided training on Social entrepreneurship |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
URL | https://programs.bridgeforbillions.org/arusea-entrepreneurs/ |
Description | ODA |
Amount | £14,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2021 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Collaboration with Anthony Oliver Smith |
Organisation | University of Florida |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Professor Anthony Oliver Smith is the lead developer of the Forensic Investigation of Disaster guideline. Thanks to this project we were able to collaborate with him on the continuous development of the methodology. |
Collaborator Contribution | Professor Oliver-Smith, provided steer through out the project and participated in the final event outlining the next steps and challenges ahead. |
Impact | Workshop co-design |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Collaboration with Queen's University Belfast |
Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Partner in the project entitled "Big Data at the Heart of Preventing Landslides and Flash Floods in the Vietnam Mountainous Region" and by a Research Environment Links grant, ID 527612186, under the Newton Programme Vietnam partnership |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution in the Landslides and Flash Floods research Presentation in the workshops |
Impact | Organizing workshops Proposing new research proposals |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Collaboration with Thuy Loi University |
Organisation | Water Resources University |
Country | Viet Nam |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Presented the aims and objectives of the Alliance for Resilient South East Asia (ARUSEA) and invited to become an active member. |
Collaborator Contribution | Become a member of the Alliance for Resilient South East Asia. Participated on Kick off meeting and agreed to participate on the Teaching Each Other and Forensic Examination of Disaster Workshop |
Impact | Added expertise on Water Resources to the ARUSEA network |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | 2nd Japan-ASEAN Multi-Stakeholder Online Strategic Consultancy Forum, 21-23 February 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | More than 200 Policymakers/politicians, Postgraduate students, Professional Practitioners participated in the forum, |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.jst.go.jp/world/aseanconsultancy/index.html |
Description | ARUSEA Kick off meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | An online workshop among a core team members. 15 academic from multiple disciplines attended, introduce to each other and together planned for network future activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | ARUSEA participatory two days workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ARUSEA participatory workshop Day 1: Teaching Each Other [Thursday 14th or 28th Oct tickets] ARUSEA vision & aims by Dinh Quoc Nguy?n & Andres Payo 20 min Experience in Forensic Investigation of Disasters 1st) International by Arabella Fraser 20 min 2nd) SEA by Ma Aileen L.G. Guzman & Japps Hatta 20min Comfort break 10 min Social Business in South East Asia Developing a Social Business by Marcos Withington 20 min Circular Economy by Nguy?n H?ng Quân [14th Oct] 20 min Solutions for Impacts of Plastics on Coastal Areas by Ngo Thi Thuy Huong [28th Oct] 20 min Vietnam Sustainability Social Enterprise by Phuong Tran 20 min Panel dialogue 40 min Conclusions and closing remarks 10 min Day 2: Roadmap towards ARUSEAs vision [Friday 15th or 29th Oct tickets] Instructions for the day 10 min Quick prototyping break-out sessions 120 min Panel dialogue and road-mapping 40 min Conclusions and closing remarks 10 min |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Introducing GCRF Resilience to Coupled Human-Natural Multi-hazards Network to Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Monday Jan. 18th 2021, Dr Nguyen Quoc Dinh introduced GCRF Resilience to Coupled Human-Natural Multi-hazards Network to Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events. The two network shared the view on the DRR. Other topics were discussed 1) Working Group Early Warning (by Brian) 2) Solicited UNDRR systemic risk talk (solicited by Markus, tbc) 3) Memorandum of Understanding WMO Risk KAN (Markus/Brian) 4) GRAF UNDRR ISC activities(Jana) 5) SRI2021 Brisbane Risk KAN session (Jana) 6) update ad EGU2021 sessions (Markus/Felix/Takehito) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Online engagement platform |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The core team designed this online platform to further request participation and involvement in the project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.arusea.org/ |
Description | Organize and participating online training "Satellite Observations and Tools for Landslide Risk Management in the Lower Mekong Region" September 20-23, 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Nguyen Quoc Dinh was invited to co-organize and participate in "Satellite Observations and Tools for Landslide Risk Management in the Lower Mekong Region" September 20-23, 2021 with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) in Bangkok, Thailand. ADPC, an international organization based in Bangkok, supports countries in Asia and the Pacific to improve their resilience to disasters and climate change. Since 2014, ADPC has been implementing the project SERVIR-Mekong, which is funded by USAID and technically supported by NASA. The project brings satellite data and geospatial analysis to address issues related to disaster risk and climate change adaptation and mitigation. One of the important work under the SERVIR-Mekong project has been a cooperation with NASA to utilize satellite-based approach to map landslide susceptibility and use it to set up mechanisms for landslide early warning for the Lower Mekong region. Capacity development is a key part of this work. In view of this ADPC and NASA will organize an online training "Satellite Observations and Tools for Landslide Risk Management" during 20-23 September. This training intends to serve as an introductory session to satellite-based landslide susceptibility mapping knowledge-sharing. ADPC enjoy the partnership with VIGMR, which has been guided by the MoU between ADPC and VIGMR. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Organizing Committee of the 4th NSGE, 30 November - 2 December 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) together with Vietnam Association of Engineering Geologists and Environment (VAEGE) and PetroVietnam University (PVU) as the Co-Organizers are proud to announce that the 4th edition of Asia Pacific Meeting on Near Surface Geoscience and Engineering (NSGE) will take place fully Online from 30 November - 2 December 2021. The conference with the theme of - Innovation in Near Surface Geoscience and Engineering - for Resource, Energy, Infrastructure, Environment and Sustainable Development. Dr Nguyen Quoc Dinh is member of TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE, and Chair and Co-chair of the Session A1: Investigation of Man-made and Natural Hazards and Session A6: Land Subsidence, Groundwater Pumping, Aquifer Salinization He also contributed to the presentation: 1) The Effect of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index to Landslide Susceptibility using Optical Imagery Sentinel 2 and Landsat 8; 2) Practical Use of Numerical Modelling in Underground Mining; 3) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://eage.eventsair.com/4th-ap-meeting-on-near-surface-geoscience-engineering/ |
Description | Organizing Committee of the EAI Iniscom 2021, April 22-23, 2021 Hanoi, Vietnam |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The INISCOM 2021 conference organised by Duy Tan University, Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources (VIGMR), and Le Quy Don Technical University, , Vietnam and sponsored by the Global Challenges Research Fund managed by the Department of Economy (DfE) under the scheme DfE-GCRF. It aims to address, explore and exchange information on the state-of-the-art in all types of Computing, Telecommunications technologies and applications of Internet of things (IoT) to improve citizens' lives. The conference is to address, explore and exchange information on the state-of-the-art in all types of Vertical IoT Solutions and Its Applications for Better Citizens' Lives, e.g before, during and after the disaster, and EWS |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://iniscom.eai-conferences.org/2021/organizing-committee/ |
Description | Participating Integrated use of sensor technology in monitoring air quality Webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Sep 30, 2021, Participating Integrated use of sensor technology in monitoring air quality Webinar Dr Nguyen Thi Trang Nhung and Dr Nguyen Quoc Dinh shared the research on the impact of air pollution on the health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Participating in "From Pollution to Solution: A Global Assessment of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution" Oct 21, 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | "From Pollution to Solution: A Global Assessment of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution" Oct 21, 2021 organized by UNEP Plastics are considered as Human hazards, the largest, most harmful and most persistent fraction of marine litter, accounting for at least 85 per cent of total marine waste. The 'From Pollution to Solution' assessment examines the magnitude and severity of marine litter and plastic pollution and reviews existing solutions and actions. It provides a comprehensive update on current research (and knowledge gaps) concerning direct impacts on marine life, the risks posed to ecosystems and human health, and social and economic costs. The assessment describes and quantifies, where possible, the sources of marine litter, including plastics and microplastics, and their direct and indirect pathways into and within the oceans. It also discusses improvements in relevant monitoring systems, observational technologies, and analytical methods. The assessment provides an overview of the potential effectiveness of different approaches and policies, including mitigating actions, and a range of economic, technological and legislative solutions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.unep.org/resources/pollution-solution-global-assessment-marine-litter-and-plastic-pollut... |
Description | Participating in LandAware - The international network on Landslide Early Warning Systems, MayDay round-the-clock Conference 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr NQD was participating in LandAware - The international network on Landslide Early Warning Systems, MayDay round-the-clock Conference 2021. It is A 24-hour event, online, diversified and engaging conference including working groups meetings, networkwide activities and special events. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.landaware.org/mayday-2021/ |
Description | Participating in Plastic Waste Reduction in Viet Nam: Identification of Suitable Methodologies and Metrics for Monitoring National Targets |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Trinh Thai Ha, extended member of the GCRF network is the coordinator of the Viet Nam National Plastic Action Partnership. Any effective strategy to tackle plastic pollution must begin with a comprehensive understanding of the situation. In the past years, around 10 stakeholders across public, academia, development partners and NGOs have been leading the way to develop different assessment methodologies and conduct multiple surveys to diagnose and monitor the plastic waste issues in Viet Nam at national and municipal scale. Experiences have shown that the alignment on metrics and measurement methodologies are key to drive informed actions, monitor performance against national plastic reduction targets, and ultimately tackle plastic pollution issue at source, The workshop aims to provide an overview of existing and under-development methodologies for plastic pollution assessment. The event will also open a forum for discussion on knowledge gaps and challenges, as well as stipulate further coordination effort required toward harmonized metrics and suitable methodologies for the measurement and monitoring of plastic pollution. Participants of the workshop are experts, practitioners and members of the NPAP from the government agencies, research institutions, international organizations and NGOs working on solid waste management, particularly in plastic waste reduction in Viet Nam. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Participating in SERVIR-Mekong Symposium: Leveraging Geospatial Technologies for Solving the Climate Crisis. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Nguyen Quoc Dinh was invited to the Symposium, the core member of the GCRF network were participating. SERVIR-Mekong Symposium: Leveraging Geospatial Technologies for Solving the Climate Crisis. A series of webinars to understand the application of geospatial technologies in addressing climate change. 5 October: Opening Plenary: Climate Change 7 October: Floods and Water Resource Management 12 October: Droughts and Food Security 14 October: Land Cover, land Use Change and Ecosystems 20 October: Air Quality and Health Earth's climate is changing and Asia is expected to be impacted severely with rising temperatures, droughts, changes in precipitation, rising sea levels, and loss of natural capital. Rising temperatures in the future will drastically change our lives impacting the way we live and work, grow our food, build infrastructure and interact with our environment. Geospatial technologies help address adverse effects of climate change, including reducing human losses from climatic disasters, by informing decisions, policies and actions. Use of geospatial technologies has grown exponentially over recent years and these technologies will continue to provide innovative ways of collecting data, analyzing data, and applying the insights to inform decision-making. This webinar series aims to provide a platform for organizations working to address adverse effects of climate change to come together and share experiences and ideas on 1) strengthening the use of existing geospatial technologies for climate change applications and 2) increasing the uptake of such technologies with decision makers in the region. About SERVIR-Mekong: SERVIR-Mekong is one of the five hubs under SERVIR - a joint development initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). SERVIR-Mekog is implemented by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and its consortium partners: Deltares, Spatial Informatics Group (SIG), and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). It uses geospatial data to enhance climate change adaptation and mitigation and helps address the regional challenge of managing shared natural resources. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://servir.adpc.net/events/servir-mekong-symposium-leveraging-geospatial-technologies-solving-cl... |
Description | Participating in ALOS-2/-4 Sessions, the Joint PI Meeting of JAXA Earth Observation Missions FY2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ALOS-2/-4 Sessions, the Joint PI Meeting of JAXA Earth Observation Missions FY2021 is a showcase of the application of Japanese Space Technology, especially in disaster management. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Participating in EU-ASEAN Dialogue on GreenTech & Innovation Mapping |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | EU-ASEAN Dialogue on GreenTech & Innovation Mapping is an EU-ASEAN Dialogue |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Participating in Fostering European Exchange: Transformations towards a sustainable and resilient future |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Flood disasters and hydro-meteorological events are getting more severe all over Europe. In response to the recent flood events, this event will discuss how a transformation towards a resilient and sustainable future can be achieved. This pre-event is jointly organized by the French Association for Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (AFPCN) the German Committee for Disaster Reduction e. V. (DKKV) and the Disaster Competence Network Austria (DCNA) to strengthen the European cooperation links and the exchange of expertise and best-practices. Panelists from DKKV, AFPCN, and DCNA will present lessons-learned and lessons-to-learn from recent disasters in their respective countries. Structured along three main questions it will be discussed how we can learn from past events and what transformations are required to achieve a more resilient future within Europe. In the end, the discussion will open up and questions from the audience are discussed by the panelists. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.dkkv.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Veranstaltungen/WebTalks/Preevent_FTKatV_Flyer.pdf |
Description | Participating in Net-zero Buildings - Cities workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Net-zero emissions is an aim of urban resilience. The Vietnam Energy Efficiency Building Week 2021 will manifest itself as series of technical webinars and communication activities to promote the Net-zero emissions target in the construction sector in Vietnam. This is a part of annual event series initiated by Vietnam Energy Efficiency Network EEN-Vietnam. The highlights of the program are three webinars connecting experts, institution and organizations from the fields of planning, investment, architecture, consulting, building materials and renewable energy in Vietnam and developed countries. The program includes multidimensional sharing about low-carbon city planning development strategies through international and local best examples, application of innovative solutions in design and materials new building materials and renewable energy. Thereby, the webinar series is believed to set the premise for sustainable development of the upcoming generation of energy-balanced buildings for Vietnamese people and future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Participation in RISKKAN workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Losses from extreme weather events increased globally over the last decades and are expected to further increase in the future as a consequence of climatic and socio-economic changes. These losses arise from a complex interplay between human and environmental systems, whose outcomes are often hard to predict. Yet, developing plans and policies for managing risks from extreme weather and climate events is an urgent and paramount task for societies. Risk quantification and management increasingly rely on the use of model simulations of various kinds (e.g., natural catastrophe models, agent-based models, system dynamic models, etc.), and of a diverse set of techniques (e.g., extreme value analysis, scenario analysis, exploratory modeling and analysis, etc.). The value of these tools for risk quantification and management improved over the years due to increasing research, data availability and computational power. Yet, there are still significant gaps that offer many research opportunities, including - but not limited to - a better treatment of uncertainties, an improved integration of feedback mechanisms between climatic and socio-economic changes, and the need of expanding models from single to multi-hazards and -vulnerabilities. Furthermore, systemic risks arising from the interaction of phenomena within complex and highly interconnected human-environmental systems are poorly understood, let alone modeled. Systemic risks do not often have a track record which can be used to estimate probabilities and expected losses or calibrate models, which creates methodological challenges. With these types of risks, commonly used statistical techniques may fall short and, thus, new methods to quantify and understand the systemic nature of risk are needed. With the aim of addressing these challenges, the Risk Modeling and Insurance Working Group of the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events (Risk KAN) organizes a three-day workshop to bring together scientists and practitioners in the field of modeling risk in human and environmental systems. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.risk-kan.org/knowledge-action-network-on-emergent-risks-and-extreme-events-risk-kan/even... |
Description | Presentation Research on Landslide at Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Nguyen Quoc Dinh shared Research on Landslide at Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources to the Italian and Vietnamese colleagues and students. The talk is in the frameworks of the project between Italian and Vietnam. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Presentation at World Young Scientist Summit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The Alliance for Resilient Urban South East Asia was presented at the 2021 International Symposium of Resilient City & The 21st Annual General Meeting of UK-CARE as part of the World Young Scientist Summit (WYSS) 2021 In October 2019, the first World Young Scientist Summit (WYSS) was successfully held in Wenzhou. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to the summit, accurately pointing out that "the future of science and technology is dependent on our young. World's common aspirations are to exchange in science and technology, and to promote innovation and cooperation among young people". In October 2020, the WYSS 2020, which was successfully held in Wenzhou, received a message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres. In his message, Guterres indicated that the declaration adopted by WYSS is an important expression of support for the role of science in advancing human well-being and in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic. WYSS is aiming at building a better platform for international cooperation in innovation and technology. With the theme of "gathering talents from all over the world to create a better future", it also intends to unite outstanding young scientists from around the world, establish an open and cooperative exchange platform, promote the exchange of ideas between young scientists and entrepreneurs, lead economic and social development with scientific and technological innovation, and jointly create a better future for human development. 2021 International Symposium of Resilient City is planned to be held during WYSS 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | http://www.wyss.org.cn/en/ResilientCity/#a1 |
Description | Promote ARUSEA network through National Television VTV2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | The program focused on landslide hazards, which occurred in the Central of Vietnam in October, 2020, proposing some measures for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://vtv.vn/video/phim-tai-lieu-khoa-hoc-me-thien-nhien-noi-gian-phan-3-476640.htm |
Description | Promote activities of ARUSEA network member through National VTV Television |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Nguyen Quoc Dinh and Dr Ngo Thi Thuy Huong are working on the water pollution in the urban areas. Results of the research are communicated to the public to provide the solution for the impact reduction |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://vtv.vn/video/moi-truong-va-cuoc-song-o-nhiem-kim-loai-nang-541963.htm |
Description | Promote activities of ARUSEA network member through Nhan Dan Television |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Nguyen Quoc Dinh and Dr Ngo Thi Thuy Huong, an active member of the GCRF Resilience to Coupled Human-Natural Multi-hazards Network, work on the early warning system of the COVID and future pandemics through waste water system. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://nhandantv.vn/khi-nuoc-thai-khong-chi-la-chat-thai-d196722.htm |
Description | Promoting ARUSEA network DAAD Alumni workshop February, 18th 2022, |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Promoting GCRF Resilience to Coupled Human-Natural Multi-hazards Network in the DAAD Alumni workshop February, 18th 2022, participating by 50+ DAAD Alumni, many of them are Postgraduate students, Policymakers/politicians, Supporters/charitable donors |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.facebook.com/dinh.nguyenquoc.92/posts/7819077758117759 |
Description | Resilience to Coupled Human-Natural Multi-hazards Network Core member regular meetings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The regular meeting takes place every 3 months. The core member are Dr Nguyen Quoc Dinh, VIGMR Dr Vu Kim Chi, IVIDES Dr Nguyen Quang Tuan, VDMA Prof. Nguyen Trung, Vietnam Academy of Ethenic Minorities Dr Bui Quang Hung (FIMO) Prof Nguyen Thi Nhat Thanh (FIMO) Dr Nguyen Thi Trang Nhung, UPH Dr Vu Kien Trung, RIDES |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
Description | Resilience to Coupled Human-Natural Multi-hazards Network Extended member regular meetings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The regular meeting takes place every 6 months. The extended member exchanged information in regular based though Facebook Group and Zalo group (Zalo is the most popular social media in Vietnam). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
URL | https://www.facebook.com/groups/202640251951301 |
Description | Resilience to Coupled Human-Natural Multi-hazards Network weekly seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The weekly seminar of the Resilience to Coupled Human-Natural Multi-hazards Network is organized on Friday 9am to 11.30 am, at the VIGMR or online webinar. The guest speakers are from extended member networks, which are scientist, Practitioners, decision makers working on Human-Natural Multi-hazards (air pollution, water pollution, landslides, flood, pandemic, ...). Knowledge is exchanged from different perspectives to understand the problem, and to find the solution for the problems |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
Description | Speaker in the International Programme on Landslides - Kyoto Landslides Commitment (IPL-KLC) online Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | More than 50 scientists and practitioners attended the annual meeting of Programme on Landslides - Kyoto Landslides Commitment. The collaboration within ICL is ongoing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.unesco-floods.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/0.-Programme-and-invitation-to-2022-IPL-KLC-... |