Knowledge exchange through science diplomacy to assist disaster risk reduction

Yekaterina Y. Kontar; Alik Ismail-Zadeh; Paul Arthur Berkman; Patrizia I. Duda; Sir Peter Gluckman; Ilan Kelman; Virginia Murray

Progress in Disaster Science (Oct 2021)

Knowledge exchange through science diplomacy to assist disaster risk reduction

Yekaterina Y. Kontar,
Alik Ismail-Zadeh,
Paul Arthur Berkman,
Patrizia I. Duda,
Sir Peter Gluckman,
Ilan Kelman,
Virginia Murray

Affiliations

Yekaterina Y. Kontar: U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington D.C., USA
Alik Ismail-Zadeh: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Applied Geoscience, Germany; Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Moscow, Russia; International Science Council (ISC), Paris, France; Corresponding author at: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Applied Geoscience, Germany.
Paul Arthur Berkman: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, Switzerland; Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; Science Diplomacy Center MIEP, MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia
Patrizia I. Duda: Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK; University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Sir Peter Gluckman: International Science Council (ISC), Paris, France; Koi Tū; The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Ilan Kelman: Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK; University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway; Institute for Global Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Virginia Murray: Global Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Health England, London, UK

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11
p. 100188

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This paper analyses science diplomacy efforts to reduce disaster risks and proposes establishing national knowledge exchange centers (KECs) to help individual states adhere to their Sendai Framework goals. KECs are considered to be interconnected globally and work together to promote resilience efforts by facilitating sharing of information and strategies in risk monitoring, assessment, and ultimately reduction across the globe. KECs can provide high-quality scientific evidence for informed decisionmaking along with a component related to disaster science media to ensure that appropriate knowledge reaches a variety of people who need it in different forms tailored for them. KECs can promote transdisciplinary education in disaster-related science diplomacy (i.e., disaster diplomacy). The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the International Science Council (ISC) can provide assistance to KECs through UNDRR National Platforms and ISC Members.

Published in Progress in Disaster Science

ISSN: 2590-0617 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences; Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/progress-in-disaster-science/

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