8th ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change
6-7 May 2013. Turin (Italy)
ITU together with the Ministry for Economic Development of Italy is organizing the 8th Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change, hosted by Telecom Italia. The Symposium will be held on 6-7 May 2013 at Telecom Italia’s innovation laboratories in Turin, Italy. This is the eighth Symposium on climate change following successful events held between 2008 and 2012 in Kyoto, London, Quito, Seoul, Cairo, Accra and Montreal.
This years’ edition of...
Events
15 May 2013
Date: 15-17 May 2013
Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
The 10th meeting of the Advisory Group on Environmental Emergency (AGEE) is coming and will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 15-17 May 2013. The AGEE is a dynamic forum to showcase experiences and innovations in improving prevention, preparedness and response to environmental emergencies, and for advocating the integration of environmental concerns into humanitarian action. Register now.
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19 May 2013
Venue: CICG
Dates: 19-23 May, 2013
Beginning on 19 May, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, a biennial discussion forum for information exchange and development dialogues regarding disaster diminution, will launch its fourth session since its founding in 2007. Organized by UNISDR, the UN office of International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the Global Platform for Disaster Reduction will foster discussion between government actors, NGOs and civil society, international...
21 May 2013
Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
Acclaimed pianist Andrei Gavrilov will stage a press conference on 21 May to promote his 2 September, 2013, concert being performed in honour of Green Cross International's 20th anniversary.
For information on the press conference and tickets to his concert, please email events.geneva@gci.ch
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Andrei Gavrilov official website
Victoria Hall
23 May 2013
Venue: Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, CICG, Geneva
When: 10.45am, 23 May 2013.
Ignite Stage!
With Dr Vladimir Sakharov,
Programme Director at Green Cross International
former Deputy Chief, Emergency Services Branch, OCHA,
former Chief, Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit
Thursday 23rd May 10.45 am
Very little is done in preparing communities and local authorities for industrial accidents. However, like natural disasters, they claim victims and cause huge economic losses each year.
Properly maintained industrial sites, together with well-prepared adjacent...
23 May 2013
Venue: Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (19-23 May 2013 at the CICG, Geneva)
Side event: Reducing disaster risk of environmental emergencies
Environmental emergencies, such as industrial and technical accidents and other human-induced disasters, are a growing challenge to sustainable development and disaster risk reduction. The impacts of these emergencies affect an increasing number of people as more and more industries are located in areas of high risk. Therefore, measures need to be taken at the national and local levels to improve risk management and preparedness....