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Events
This is the global disaster risk reduction calendar of events. UNISDR also organizes and participates in various disaster risk reduction events around the world. Want to add your event to the global disaster risk reduction calendar? Click on the link below.
2006 and earlier events in Americas, about All Hazards, All Themes, All Org. Types: 42 (includes all major global events)
MAY 2013
28 Apr - 04 May (Week 18)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2013 - 24 May 2013 | Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
Stanford, California (United States of America) | ||
| 30 Apr 2013 - 30 Apr 2013 | Asamblea general: Alianza Nicaraguense Ante el Cambio Climatico (ANACC) Centro Alexander von Humboldt |
Managua (Nicaragua) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2013 - 22 May 2013 | E-learning course on safe and resilient cities World Bank, the |
Online (United States of America) | ||
| 29 Apr 2013 - 04 May 2013 | 7th international conference on case histories in geotechnical engineering and symposium Missouri University of Science and Technology |
Chicago (United States of America) | ||
05 - 11 May (Week 19)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2013 - 24 May 2013 | Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (continued) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
Stanford, California (United States of America) | ||
| 07 May 2013 - 08 May 2013 | Jamaica: 'Making Cities Resilient: My city is getting ready!' campaign launch United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas |
Kingston (Jamaica) | UNISDR Event | |
| 08 May 2013 - 10 May 2013 | The 2013 preparedness, emergency response, and recovery consortium and exposition (PERRC) Chesapeake Health Education Program, Inc |
Orlando (United States of America) | ||
| 09 May 2013 - 09 May 2013 | Water management, health and climate adaptation in Barbados University of the West Indies - Cave Hill, the |
Bridgetown (Barbados) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2013 - 22 May 2013 | E-learning course on safe and resilient cities (continued) World Bank, the |
Online (United States of America) | ||
| 05 May 2013 - 10 May 2013 | 27th annual governor's hurricane conference Governor's Hurricane Conference |
(United States of America) | ||
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
12 - 18 May (Week 20)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2013 - 24 May 2013 | Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (continued) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
Stanford, California (United States of America) | ||
| 13 May 2013 - 13 May 2013 | The role of local institutions in climate change adaptation Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program |
Washington DC (United States of America) | ||
| 15 May 2013 - 16 May 2013 | Threat and hazard identification and risk assessment and recovery planning Washington State Military Department - Emergency Management Division |
Yakima (United States of America) | ||
| 15 May 2013 - 15 May 2013 | UNISDR Global assessment report New York launch 2013 United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - New York UNHQ Liaison Office |
New York City, New York (United States of America) | UNISDR Event | |
| 16 May 2013 - 16 May 2013 | Backdraft: The conflict potential of climate change adaptation and mitigation Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program |
Washington DC (United States of America) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2013 - 22 May 2013 | E-learning course on safe and resilient cities (continued) World Bank, the |
Online (United States of America) | ||
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 15 May 2013 - 15 May 2013 | FEMA applicant's breifing and hurricane preparedness workshop Florida Municipal Power Agency |
Orlando, Florida (United States of America) | ||
19 - 25 May (Week 21)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2013 - 24 May 2013 | Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (continued) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
Stanford, California (United States of America) | ||
| 19 May 2013 - 22 May 2013 | World environmental and water resources congress 2013: 'Showcasing the future' American Society of Civil Engineers |
Cincinnati, OH (United States of America) | ||
| 19 May 2013 - 22 May 2013 | Emergency public health and disasters Southwest Regional Public Health Training Center |
California (United States of America) | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 22 May 2013 | Seventh national seismic conference on bridges and highways Pacific Earthquake Engineering Center |
Oakland (United States of America) | ||
| 22 May 2013 - 22 May 2013 | Climate change preparedness in New Jersey: Leading practices and policy priorities New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance |
New Jersey (United States of America) | ||
| 23 May 2013 - 24 May 2013 | Community solutions in a changing climate Association for Canadian Educational Resources |
(Canada) | ||
| 23 May 2013 - 23 May 2013 | Caxias comemora dia municipal para redução de desastres Municipality of Duque de Caxias, Civil Defence |
Caxias (Brazil) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2013 - 22 May 2013 | E-learning course on safe and resilient cities (continued) World Bank, the |
Online (United States of America) | ||
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
26 May - 01 Jun (Week 22)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | 3rd climate change technology conference Engineering Institute of Canada, the |
Montreal (Canada) | ||
| 29 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | Managing drought risk on the ranch 2013 National Drought Mitigation Center |
Nebraska (United States of America) | ||
| 30 May 2013 - 02 Jun 2013 | Jornadas 2013 en prevención de accidentes organizacionales complejos y gestión de catástrofes Concejo Municipal de San Carlos de Bariloche |
San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro (Argentina) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
JUN 2013
26 May - 01 Jun (Week 22)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | 3rd climate change technology conference (continued) Engineering Institute of Canada, the |
Montreal (Canada) | ||
| 29 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | Managing drought risk on the ranch 2013 (continued) National Drought Mitigation Center |
Nebraska (United States of America) | ||
| 30 May 2013 - 02 Jun 2013 | Jornadas 2013 en prevención de accidentes organizacionales complejos y gestión de catástrofes (continued) Concejo Municipal de San Carlos de Bariloche |
San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro (Argentina) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
02 - 08 Jun (Week 23)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2013 - 02 Jun 2013 | Jornadas 2013 en prevención de accidentes organizacionales complejos y gestión de catástrofes (continued) Concejo Municipal de San Carlos de Bariloche |
San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro (Argentina) | ||
| 03 Jun 2013 - 06 Jun 2013 | 10th National hydrologic warning council (NHWC) National Hydrologic Warning Council |
Florida (United States of America) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
| 03 Jun 2013 - 03 Jun 2013 | Cobertura periodística de catástrofes Grupo Mediosmedios Comunicación |
(Argentina) | ||
| 05 Jun 2013 - 05 Jun 2013 | Workshop on science and technology innovations in Hurricane Sandy research Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science |
Piscataway, New Jersey (United States of America) | ||
09 - 15 Jun (Week 24)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Jun 2013 - 14 Jun 2013 | Association of State Floodplain Managers annual national conferences Association of State Floodplain Managers |
Hartford, CT (United States of America) | ||
| 10 Jun 2013 - 11 Jun 2013 | Threat and hazard identification and risk assessment and recovery planning (continued) Washington State Military Department - Emergency Management Division |
Camp Murray (United States of America) | ||
| 12 Jun 2013 - 13 Jun 2013 | Threat and hazard identification and risk assessment and recovery planning (continued) Washington State Military Department - Emergency Management Division |
Spokane (United States of America) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
| 10 Jun 2013 - 10 Jun 2013 | Cobertura periodística de catástrofes (continued) Grupo Mediosmedios Comunicación |
(Argentina) | ||
16 - 22 Jun (Week 25)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2013 - 20 Jun 2013 | Oceans and the Law of the Sea: 14th session of the informal consultative process (ICP 14) United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs |
New York (United States of America) | ||
| 18 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2013
(Tentative) |
CoastGIS 2013 Conference: Monitoring and adapting to change on the coast Coastal Zone Canada Association |
Victoria, British Columbia (Canada) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
23 - 29 Jun (Week 26)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2013 - 26 Jun 2013 | World conference on disaster management Diversified Business Communications |
Toronto (Canada) | ||
| 24 Jun 2013 - 26 Jun 2013 | Climate Leadership Academy (CLA) on adaptive water resource management and infrastructure Institute for Sustainable Communities |
Philadelphia (United States of America) | ||
| 24 Jun 2013 - 05 Jul 2013 | International workshop on forensic investigations of disasters (FORIN) associated with landslides Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
Chiapas (Mexico) | ||
| 25 Jun 2013 - 26 Jun 2013 | Threat and hazard identification and risk assessment and recovery planning (continued) Washington State Military Department - Emergency Management Division |
Vancouver (United States of America) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
30 Jun - 06 Jul (Week 27)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2013 - 05 Jul 2013 | International workshop on forensic investigations of disasters (FORIN) associated with landslides (continued) Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
Chiapas (Mexico) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 04 Jul 2013 | Glacier international forum University of Zurich |
Huaraz, Ancash Province (Peru) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
JUL 2013
30 Jun - 06 Jul (Week 27)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2013 - 05 Jul 2013 | International workshop on forensic investigations of disasters (FORIN) associated with landslides (continued) Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
Chiapas (Mexico) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 04 Jul 2013 | Glacier international forum (continued) University of Zurich |
Huaraz, Ancash Province (Peru) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2013 - 01 Jul 2013 | Online course: Community based adaptation 1 (continued) Center for Sustainable Development |
Online | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
07 - 13 Jul (Week 28)
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
| 13 Jul 2013 - 16 Jul 2013 | 38th Annual natural hazards research and application workshop Natural Hazards Center |
Broomfiled (United States of America) | ||
14 - 20 Jul (Week 29)
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Climate literacy: Navigating climate change conversations (continued) University of British Columbia |
Online | ||
| 13 Jul 2013 - 16 Jul 2013 | 38th Annual natural hazards research and application workshop (continued) Natural Hazards Center |
Broomfiled (United States of America) | ||
| 15 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Scenario planning toward climate change adaptation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Conservation Training Center |
Shepherdstown, West Virginia (United States of America) | ||
21 - 27 Jul (Week 30)
28 Jul - 03 Aug (Week 31)