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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 Europe, about All Hazards, All Themes, All Org. Types: 79 (includes all major global events)
MAY 2013
28 Apr - 04 May (Week 18)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2013 - 29 Apr 2013 | EU strategy on adaptation to climate change European Commission |
Brussels (Belgium) | ||
| 29 Apr 2013 - 03 May 2013 | Second session of the ad hoc working group on the Durban platform for enhanced action (ADP 2) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
Bonn (Germany) | ||
| 30 Apr 2013 - 30 Apr 2013 | 2nd European Commission / CER workshop on climate change adaptation European Commission |
Brussels (Belgium) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Apr 2013 - 03 May 2013 | Climate change: Vulnerability, impacts and adaptation Newcastle University |
(United Kingdom) | ||
| 30 Apr 2013 - 30 Apr 2013
(Tentative) |
Adapting your behavior in a flooded area Gens de rivières |
Near from Lyon Rhone (France) | ||
05 - 11 May (Week 19)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 May 2013 - 07 May 2013 | Eighth ITU symposium on ICTs, the environment and climate change International Telecommunication Union |
Turin (Italy) | ||
12 - 18 May (Week 20)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2013 - 14 May 2013 | Climate change adaptions and MSP in the Baltic Sea PartiSEApate |
Skanör (Sweden) | ||
| 15 May 2013 - 16 May 2013 | Disasters: Protecting and responding together - 4th European civil protection forum European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection DG |
Brussels (Belgium) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | Training for meteorological forecasters World Meteorological Organization |
(Romania) | ||
19 - 25 May (Week 21)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2013 - 23 May 2013 | Global platform for disaster risk reduction 2013: Fourth session United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Geneva (Switzerland) | UNISDR Event | |
| 21 May 2013 - 22 May 2013 | AID and International Development Forum Aid and International Development Forum |
Washington DC (United States of America) | ||
| 21 May 2013 - 21 May 2013 | Open debate on 'Disaster risk reduction measures at the local level in South Eastern Europe' United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe |
Geneva (Switzerland) | ||
| 22 May 2013 - 24 May 2013 | 7th International conference on river basin management Wessex Institute of Technology |
Ashurst, Southampton (United Kingdom) | ||
| 22 May 2013 - 24 May 2013 | 7th International conference on river basin management Wessex Institute of Technology |
Southampton (United Kingdom) | ||
| 24 May 2013 - 24 May 2013 | PEDRR quarterly seminar series: 'Tsunamis in Lake Geneva? Some lessons from Japan' Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction |
Geneva (Switzerland) | ||
| 24 May 2013 - 24 May 2013 | Forging knowledge foundations: Framing resilient futures - Focus on higher education and disaster risk reducation United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Geneva (Switzerland) | UNISDR Event | |
| 24 May 2013 - 24 May 2013 | ArcGIS online workshop and elevation services discussion Esri |
Geneva (Switzerland) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | Training for meteorological forecasters (continued) World Meteorological Organization |
(Romania) | ||
| 20 May 2013 - 23 May 2013 | Professional certificate in strategic climate change adaption International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, the |
London (United Kingdom) | ||
26 May - 01 Jun (Week 22)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2013 - 30 May 2013 | 6th International i-Rec conference: Sustainable post-disaster reconstruction - From recovery to risk reduction Information and Research for Reconstruction |
Centro Stefano Franscini Ascona, Switzerland | ||
| 27 May 2013 - 30 May 2013 | Impacts world 2013: International conference on climate change effects Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
Potsdam (Germany) | ||
| 27 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | Climate change and regional response 2013 (CCRR-2013) Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development |
Dresden, Westin Bellevue (Germany) | ||
| 27 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | Climate change and regional response: Impacts and adaptation strategies for public, commercial and private actors (CCRR-2013) Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Dresden (Germany) | ||
| 28 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | B4E climate summit 2013 Global Initiatives |
London (United Kingdom) | ||
| 29 May 2013 - 30 May 2013 | Third Baltadapt policy forum on climate change adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region Council of the Baltic Sea States |
Tallinn (Estonia) | ||
| 29 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | International conference on earthquake engineering Macedonian Association for Earthquake Engineering |
Skopje (Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep)) | ||
| 30 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | Second international symposium on geo technical engineering for the preservation of monuments and historic sites Italian Geotechnical Association |
Naples (Italy) | ||
| 31 May 2013 - 02 Jun 2013 | Resilient Cities 2013 - 4th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability |
Bonn (Germany) | ||
| 31 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | Second project steering committee meeting: Building resilience to disasters in the Western Balkans and Turkey World Meteorological Organization |
Skopje (Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep)) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | Training for meteorological forecasters (continued) World Meteorological Organization |
(Romania) | ||
| 01 Jun 2013 - 01 Jun 2013 | Summit of heads of state and government of the South Eastern European Cooperation Process - SEECP The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - government |
Ohrid (Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep)) | ||
JUN 2013
26 May - 01 Jun (Week 22)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2013 - 30 May 2013 | 6th International i-Rec conference: Sustainable post-disaster reconstruction - From recovery to risk reduction (continued) Information and Research for Reconstruction |
Centro Stefano Franscini Ascona, Switzerland | ||
| 27 May 2013 - 30 May 2013 | Impacts world 2013: International conference on climate change effects (continued) Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
Potsdam (Germany) | ||
| 27 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | Climate change and regional response 2013 (CCRR-2013) (continued) Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development |
Dresden, Westin Bellevue (Germany) | ||
| 27 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | Climate change and regional response: Impacts and adaptation strategies for public, commercial and private actors (CCRR-2013) (continued) Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Dresden (Germany) | ||
| 28 May 2013 - 29 May 2013 | B4E climate summit 2013 (continued) Global Initiatives |
London (United Kingdom) | ||
| 29 May 2013 - 30 May 2013 | Third Baltadapt policy forum on climate change adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region (continued) Council of the Baltic Sea States |
Tallinn (Estonia) | ||
| 29 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | International conference on earthquake engineering (continued) Macedonian Association for Earthquake Engineering |
Skopje (Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep)) | ||
| 30 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | Second international symposium on geo technical engineering for the preservation of monuments and historic sites (continued) Italian Geotechnical Association |
Naples (Italy) | ||
| 31 May 2013 - 02 Jun 2013 | Resilient Cities 2013 - 4th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation (continued) ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability |
Bonn (Germany) | ||
| 31 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | Second project steering committee meeting: Building resilience to disasters in the Western Balkans and Turkey (continued) World Meteorological Organization |
Skopje (Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep)) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2013 - 31 May 2013 | Training for meteorological forecasters (continued) World Meteorological Organization |
(Romania) | ||
| 01 Jun 2013 - 01 Jun 2013 | Summit of heads of state and government of the South Eastern European Cooperation Process - SEECP (continued) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - government |
Ohrid (Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep)) | ||
02 - 08 Jun (Week 23)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2013 - 02 Jun 2013 | Resilient Cities 2013 - 4th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation (continued) ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability |
Bonn (Germany) | ||
| 03 Jun 2013 - 07 Jun 2013 | 7th European conference on severe storms Finnish Meteorological Institute |
Helsinki (Finland) | ||
| 04 Jun 2013 - 04 Jun 2013 | From response to resilience: The role of the engineer in disaster risk reduction London School of Economics and Political Science, the |
London (United Kingdom) | ||
| 06 Jun 2013 - 07 Jun 2013 | 6th EARSeL workshop on remote sensing of the coastal zone European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories |
Matera (Italy) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2013 | Training for meteorological forecasters (continued) World Meteorological Organization |
(Romania) | ||
09 - 15 Jun (Week 24)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2013 - 14 Jun 2013 | 7th study conference on BALTEX Baltic Sea Experiment, the |
Borgholm (Sweden) | ||
| 11 Jun 2013 - 14 Jun 2013 | VII Simposio nacional sobre taludes y laderas inestables Technical University of Catalonia |
Palma de Mallorca (Spain) | ||
| 13 Jun 2013 - 13 Jun 2013 | First academic conference on risk and disaster risk reduction and resilience University College London |
London (United Kingdom) | ||
| 14 Jun 2013 - 14 Jun 2013 | IRDR 3rd annual conference University College London |
London (United Kingdom) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2013 | Training for meteorological forecasters (continued) World Meteorological Organization |
(Romania) | ||
| 10 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2013 | Training course in disaster risk reduction and sustainable local development 2013 / Curso de reducción del riesgo de desastres y desarrollo local sostenible 2013 International Labour Organization |
Turin (Italy) | ||
16 - 22 Jun (Week 25)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2013 - 18 Jun 2013 | Conference on desertification and land degradation Ghent University |
Ghent (Netherlands) | ||
| 17 Jun 2013 - 19 Jun 2013 | 22nd annual conference of the Society for Risk Analysis - Europe Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
Trondheim (Norway) | ||
| 18 Jun 2013 - 19 Jun 2013 | Race, alterity and affect: Rethinking climate change-induced migration and displacement Durham University |
(United Kingdom) | ||
| 18 Jun 2013 - 19 Jun 2013 | 3rd annual Infoline forum: Managing catastrophe risk Infoline |
London (United Kingdom) | ||
| 19 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2013 | Transformation in a changing climate University of Oslo |
Oslo (Norway) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2013 | Training for meteorological forecasters (continued) World Meteorological Organization |
(Romania) | ||
| 10 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2013 | Training course in disaster risk reduction and sustainable local development 2013 / Curso de reducción del riesgo de desastres y desarrollo local sostenible 2013 (continued) International Labour Organization |
Turin (Italy) | ||
23 - 29 Jun (Week 26)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2013 - 28 Jun 2013 | Coastal dynamics 2013 University of Bordeaux-SHOM |
Bordeaux city (France) | ||
| 25 Jun 2013 - 28 Jun 2013 | 2nd International conference - energy & meteorology 2013 Meteo France |
Toulouse (France) | ||
| 25 Jun 2013 - 26 Jun 2013 | United Nations/Germany UN-SPIDER Bonn expert meeting on the use of space-based information for early warning systems United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
Bonn (Germany) | ||
| 25 Jun 2013 - 26 Jun 2013 | Fourth workshop on adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
Geneva (Switzerland) | ||
| 27 Jun 2013 - 27 Jun 2013 | Sixth meeting of the task force on water and climate United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
Geneva (Switzerland) | ||
30 Jun - 06 Jul (Week 27)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Jul 2013 - 05 Jul 2013 | GI_Forum 2013 Department of Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg |
Salzburg (Austria) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Water resilient cities: short courses United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office - IHE Institute for Water Education |
Delft (Netherlands) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 12 Jul 2013 | Assessing public health in emergency situations - APHES 2013 Université Catholique de Louvain |
Brussels (Belgium) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Integrated water resources management as a tool for adaption to climate change United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office - IHE Institute for Water Education |
Delft (Netherlands) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 05 Jul 2013 | Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation short course Institute of Development Studies |
Brighton (United Kingdom) | ||
JUL 2013
30 Jun - 06 Jul (Week 27)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Jul 2013 - 05 Jul 2013 | GI_Forum 2013 (continued) Department of Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg |
Salzburg (Austria) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Water resilient cities: short courses (continued) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office - IHE Institute for Water Education |
Delft (Netherlands) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 12 Jul 2013 | Assessing public health in emergency situations - APHES 2013 (continued) Université Catholique de Louvain |
Brussels (Belgium) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Integrated water resources management as a tool for adaption to climate change (continued) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office - IHE Institute for Water Education |
Delft (Netherlands) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 05 Jul 2013 | Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation short course (continued) Institute of Development Studies |
Brighton (United Kingdom) | ||
07 - 13 Jul (Week 28)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Jul 2013 - 10 Jul 2013 | 9th International conference on earthquake resistant engineering structures Wessex Institute of Technology |
A Coruña (Spain) | ||
| 08 Jul 2013 - 10 Jul 2013 | 9th International conference on earthquake resistant engineering structures Wessex Institute of Technology |
Coruna (Spain) | ||
| 08 Jul 2013 - 12 Jul 2013 | Davos atmosphere and cryosphere assembly International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
Davos (Switzerland) | ||
| 09 Jul 2013 - 11 Jul 2013 | 3rd international conference on disaster management and human health: Reducing risk, improving outcomes Wessex Institute of Technology |
A Coruña (Spain) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Water resilient cities: short courses (continued) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office - IHE Institute for Water Education |
Delft (Netherlands) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 12 Jul 2013 | Assessing public health in emergency situations - APHES 2013 (continued) Université Catholique de Louvain |
Brussels (Belgium) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Integrated water resources management as a tool for adaption to climate change (continued) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office - IHE Institute for Water Education |
Delft (Netherlands) | ||
| 08 Jul 2013 - 12 Jul 2013 | Training school on field research methods in environmentally-induced migration United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security |
Bonn (Germany) | ||
14 - 20 Jul (Week 29)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Planning for resilient cities and regions Association of European Schools of Planning |
Dublin (Ireland) | ||
| 16 Jul 2013 - 18 Jul 2013 | Hamburg conference: Actions for climate-induced migration Climate Service Center |
Hamburg (Germany) | ||
| TRAINING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Water resilient cities: short courses (continued) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office - IHE Institute for Water Education |
Delft (Netherlands) | ||
| 01 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Integrated water resources management as a tool for adaption to climate change (continued) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Office - IHE Institute for Water Education |
Delft (Netherlands) | ||
| 15 Jul 2013 - 19 Jul 2013 | Cabot Institute/CREDIBLE summer school - Risk and uncertainty in natural hazards Cabot Institute |
Bristol (United Kingdom) | ||
21 - 27 Jul (Week 30)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 2013 - 26 Jul 2013 | The youth conference for disaster risk reduction 2013 United Kingdom Association for Disaster Risk Reduction |
London, United Kingdom | ||
28 Jul - 03 Aug (Week 31)
| MEETINGS & CONFERENCES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jul 2013 - 31 Jul 2013 | International conference on coastal and ocean engineering (ICCOE 2013) World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology |
Zurich (Switzerland) | ||