The UNESCO Chair on Water-Related Disaster Risk Reduction (WRDRR) at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) undertakes research activities that are an intricate part of joint worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risks and to mitigate their unavoidable consequences. This talk introduces the WRDRR Chair and its activities, covering the analysis of

The UNESCO Chair on Water, Energy and Disaster Management for Sustainable Development (WENDI) at Kyoto University (Japan) provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary graduate-level Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) in the fields of water, energy, disaster and environmental issues. The course programs for the HESD are provided by Kyoto University

The resilience of school systems and infrastructure that serves them to multiple hazards is the main research objective of the UNESCO Chair on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering (University College London, United Kingdom) mission. A second major objective is to create a global community of practice and improvement of

Professor Stefano Grimaz  will be speaking at the Balkan Economic Forum 2024, participating in Panel 2: Climate Resilience: Navigating Challenges While Unlocking Opportunities. He will share his insights and research on disaster management and resilience in the face of climate change, alongside other experts and policymakers. You can follow the

Under the umbrella of the Disaster Risk Reduction Unit of the Natural Sciences Sector of UNESCO, our UNESCO Chair is hosting the Global Webinar entitled "Resilience Catalysts: The Interplay of Education, Science and Culture in Transforming Governance for Building Resilience to Disasters – Insights from UNESCO Chairs", on June

From 29 to 30 May 2024, twenty-eight students representing thirteen countries* around the world visited the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. Their purpose? To explore the areas affected by the devastating 1976 earthquake, a disaster that highlighted the evolving role of the Italian Civil Protection and sparked an intense period of

16-18 May 2024 A summary of the three-days SERMex 2024 exercise The SERMex 2024 concluded successfully, offering an important opportunity to test the tools and procedures implemented and tested within the activities of the SERM Academy. Firefighters (VVF) and the Regional Civil Protection of Friuli Venezia Giulia (PCR-FVG) collaborated effectively,