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UNU-EHS at #GP2022

At UNDRR’s Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction this year, governments, the UN system and all stakeholders get together to identify ways to further accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework. This year, our institute will be sending a delegation of experts on various DRR issues. From cascading risks and nature-based solutions to adaptive social protection and climate risk insurance, our expertise cuts across many of GP2022’s most urgent themes.

UNU #GP2022 calendar

UNU-EHS Booth Sessions: visit us at Booth 32!

Wednesday 25 May

• 09:00-10:00 Welcome messages: Together for Adaptation exhibit (live)
  Dr. Simone Sandholz, Head of Urban Futures and Sustainability Transformation (FAST) Programme at UNU-EHS
  Alvaro Rojas Ferreira, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 10:00-11:00 The future of climate and disaster finance: policy perspectives (live)
  Soenke Kreft, Executive Director of MCII & Head of Section at UNU-EHS
• 11:00-12:00 The state of adaptation finance for disaster risk reduction (virtual)
  Dr. Juan Casado Asensio, Policy Analyst at OECD
  Takayoshi Kato, Environmental Economist at OECD
  Dr. Maxime Souvignet, Team Lead of ECA Studies at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 12:00-13:00 Building investments on risk data and information (live)
  Roberto Schiano Lomoriello, Program Management Officer at UNDRR
  Florian Waldschmidt, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 13:00-14:00 Together for Adaptation report (virtual)
  Dr. David Bresch, Professor of weather and climate risks at ETH Zurich
  Dr. Ulf Moslener, Professor for sustainable energy finance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
  Dr. Maxime Souvignet, Team Lead of ECA Studies at MCII & UNU-EHS
  Armando Calidonio, Former Mayor of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
  Dr. Koko Warner, Manager Vulnerability subdivision, Adaptation division at UNFCCC
  Ekhosuehi Iyahen, IDF Secretary General
  Claudia Thyme, Director of emerging markets development at AXA XL
  Dr. Zita Sebesvari, Deputy Director of UNU-EHS & Head of Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services (EVES) Section
• 14:00-15:00 Rethinking risks in times of COVID-19: lessons from COVID-19 on understanding and managing systemic risks
  14:00-14:45 (videos)
  14:45-15:00 (live)
  Jenty Kirsch-Wood, Head of the Global Risk Analysis and Reporting Section at UNDRR
  Dr. Michael Hagenlocher, Associate Academic Officer at UNU-EHS
• 15:00-16:00 Diversity in disaster risk reduction leadership (virtual)
  Dr. Xiaomeng Shen, UNU Vice-Rector in Europe (UNU-ViE) & Director of UNU-EHS
  Alvaro Rojas Ferreira, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 16:00-17:00 ECA and CLIMADA (virtual)

Thursday 26 May

• 09:00-10:00 Multi-actor partnership in climate disaster risk finance and insurance: Lessons learned and way forward (virtual)
  Angelo Kairos Dela Cruz, Deputy Executive Director of ICSC
  Vositha Wijenayake, Executive Director of SLYCAN Trust
  Magdalena Mirwald, Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 10:00-11:00 DRR, data and inclusion (virtual)
  Dr. Debarati Guha, Professor at the University of Louvain and Johns Hopkins
  Alvaro Rojas Ferreira, Senior Project Associate at MCII& UNU-EHS
• 11:00-12:00 Making economic development climate resilient (virtual)
  Dr. Sebastian Homm, Senior Advisor in the Global Programme on Climate-Resilient Economic Development at GIZ
  Florian Waldschmidt, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 12:00-13:00 A strategic evidence roadmap: Strengthening DRR finance and risk-informed development (live)
  Delia Kaiser, Advisor at InsuResilience Global Partnership Secretariat
  Sönke Kreft, Executive Director of MCII & Head of Section at UNU-EHS
  Florian Waldschmidt, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 13:00-14:00 Gender, leadership and youth for DRR (live)
  Maya Henssen, Junior Advisor Risk Finance & Insurance, GIZ
  Alvaro Rojas Ferreira, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 14:00-15:00 Collaboration to accelerate the use of NbS for adaptation (live)
  Dr. Zita Sebesvari, Deputy Director of UNU-EHS & Head of Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services (EVES) Section
  Alvaro Rojas Ferreira, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 15:00-16:00 Together for better Urban Futures (virtual)
  Dr. Andres Flores, Director of Climate Change and Energy, WRI Mexico
  Dr. Thorsten Klose-Zuber, Head of Department Climate Policy, Economy and Society, ZUG
  Pablo Lazo, Urban Development and Accessibility, WRI Mexico
  Mariana Campos, Urban Development Manager, WRI Mexico
  Jorgelina Hardoy, Senior Researcher and Project Coordinator, IIED America Latina
  Luiza Oliveira, Urban Development Coordinator, WRI Brasil
  Ariadne Samios, Active Mobility Senior Analyst, WRI Brasil
  Dr. Simon Sandholz, Head of Urban Futures and Sustainability Transformation (FAST) Programme at UNU-EHS
• 16:00-17:00 A new nationwide tsunami model for Indonesia (live)
  Dr. Stuart Fraser, Director at Fraser Disaster Risk Consulting Ltd
  Dr. Maxime Souvignet, Team Lead of ECA Studies at MCII & UNU-EHS

Friday 27 May

• 09:00-10:00 Experiences from Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) in Indonesia (virtual)
  Cut Sri Rozanna, Programme Director at GIZ
  Dominic Sett, Research Associate at UNU-EHS
• 10:00-11:00 Mainstreaming climate risk reduction in investment decision-making (virtual)
  Jason Spensley, Senior Climate Change Specialist at GEF
  Alvaro Rojas Ferreira, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
  
• 11:00-12:00 DRR financing: Seeking synergies between anticipatory action and disaster finance (live)
  Kara Devonna Siahaan, Head of Anticipation Hub
  Sönke Kreft, Executive Director of MCII & Head of Section at UNU-EHS
• 12:00-13:00 Presenting the global risk modelling alliance (live)
  Dr. Stuart Fraser, Director at Fraser Disaster Risk Consulting Ltd
  Christina Natalia Widjaja, UNU-EHS
• 13:00-14:00 Comprehensive climate risk management: challenges and opportunities (live)
  Matthias Range, Head Of Unit “Disaster Risk Finance & Insurance” at GIZ
  Florian Waldschmidt, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 14:00-15:00 ECA Talk: CADRAT and social protection (live)
  Dr. Saut Sagala, Assistant Professor at School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development at ITB
  Florian Waldschmidt, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 15:00-16:00 Key messages from GP (live)
  Dr. Michael Hagenlocher, Associate Academic Officer at UNU-EHS
  Dr. Zita Sebesvari, Deputy Director of UNU-EHS & Head of Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services (EVES) Section
  Sönke Kreft, Executive Director of MCII & Head of Section at UNU-EHS
• 16:00-16:30 Closing: Key messages (live)
  Sönke Kreft, Executive Director of MCII & Head of Section at UNU-EHS
  Alvaro Rojas Ferreira, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
• 16:30-17:00 Closing: final messages from ECA-Network (live)
  Alvaro Rojas Ferreira, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS
  Florian Waldschmidt, Senior Project Associate at MCII & UNU-EHS

GP Activities

• Monday 23 May 16:00-17:00
  Side Event at the World Reconstruction Conference (WRC)
  Green Recovery
  Organizers: UNEP
• Wednesday 25 May  9:00-10:30
  High-Level Dialogue 3
  Learning from COVID-19: Social and Economic Recovery for All
  Organizers: UNDRR
• Thursday 26 May 9:00-10:30
  Thematic Session 4
  Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience
  Organizers: Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR)
• Thursday 26 May 11:15-12:45
  Global Platform Special Session for the Centre of Excellence for Climate and Disaster Resilience
  Organizers: UNDRR & WMO
• Thursday 26 May 18:45-20:15
  Side Event
  Nature-based Solutions to accelerate  Sendai and beyond
  Organizers: Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR)
• Friday 27 May 11:15-12:45
  Thematic Session 8
  Leave No One Behind – Empowering the Most at Risk Through Social Protection
  Organizers: UNDRR

UNU-EHS expert delegation at GP2022

• Zita Sebesvari
• Michael Hagenlocher
• Soenke Kreft
• Simone Sandholz
• Alvaro Rojas
• Florian Waldschmidt
• Dominic Sett

For a fuller biography of experts and their areas of study, click here.