Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI- UKM), a Centre of Excellence for Integrated Research for Disaster Risk (ICoE-IRDR) of the International Science Council (ISC) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), with support from the Asian Network on Climate Science (ANCST), International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada, U-INSPIRE Malaysia and partners are convening the Regional Workshop on Youth Innovation in Disaster Prevention and Climate Science in conjunction with the 36th National Geoscience Conference of the Geological Society of Malaysia (NGC 2023). The workshop, held on 7 November 2023 in Putrajaya, Malaysia, intends to empower early career geoscientists in disaster prevention and climate science through a more holistic and collaborative approach to understanding and managing risks, with an increased focus on people. The focus is on innovative practices for strengthening social entrepreneurship, including utilizing open data and citizen science. This approach encourages them to identify and study hazards to promote effective communication and collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders. The provision of precise and easily understandable information to those who need it is emphasized. Insights from the event will be channeled to the IRDR to strengthen the implementation of the global research agenda for risk-informed development. Key findings demonstrating contribution to climate resilient development as well as the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development Goals, will also be documented.
The tentative program can be found here
To register, please visit the 36th National Geoscience Conference website.
