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Reducing Disaster Risk: Global Platform Strategies

Learn from experts about reducing disaster risk from environmental emergencies. Highlighting major accidents, this event aims to improve disaster response worldwide.

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Reducing Disaster Risk: Global Platform Strategies

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  1. Reducing Disaster Risk of Environmental Emergencies 4th Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction – Geneva – 23rd May 2013 Side event sponsored by: Partners:

  2. Reducing Disaster Risk of Environmental Emergencies Moderator: Dr Walter J. Ammann, President/CEO of the Global Risk Forum GRF Davos Speakers: Dr UrsBloesch, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (Head of Expert Group, Environment & Disaster Risk Reduction) --- Ms Johanna Suikkanen, UNEP -Division of Technology Industry and Economics (DTIE), (Associate Programme Officer) --- Dr Daniele Ehrlich, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (Senior Researcher) --- MrChris Dijkens, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (Chair of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents)

  3. Reducing Disaster Risk of Environmental Emergencies Major recent accidents: • Bhopal chemical disaster, India, 1984 • Schweizerhalle chemical spill, Switzerland, 1986 • Marinduque mining waste disaster, Philippines, 1996 • Donana mining waste disaster, Spain, 1998 • Izmit refinery damage and fire, Turkey, 1999 • Baia Mare toxic waste spill, Romania, 2000 • Toulouse AZF fertiliser factory explosion, France, 2001 • Jilin petrochemical plant explosion and toxic spill, China, 2005 • Ajka alumina sludge spill, Hungary, 2010 • Mukuru-Sinai slum fuel pipeline explosion and fire, Kenya, 2011 • Gumi chemical accident at Hube Global plant, • Republic of Korea, 2012 • Waco fertilizer plant accident, USA, 2013

  4. Reducing Disaster Risk of Environmental Emergencies THANK YOU !

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