European Humanitarian Forum and Humanitarian Talks

The second edition of the European Humanitarian Forum will take place in Brussels from Monday 20 to Tuesday 21 March 2023. Link to the website

UNEP will be present in the UN Stand and participating in the Humanitarian Talks.

Humanitarian Talks: 'Addressing the triple nexus and climate security challenge'

21 March, 11:30-12:30 Riverside 6 (The Egg)

Reducing risk is fundamental to reducing humanitarian needs and achieving sustainable development. A key objective is to ensure that all humanitarian and development action is risk-informed, and that humanitarian response to crises enables communities to increase their capacity to deal with future shocks and stresses. For this, a shift is required from reactive and repetitive crisis response to more forward-looking and anticipatory risk management which integrates the disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate security agendas with the humanitarian, development and peace nexus. 

The discussion will offer a space for experiences from the field to be presented and showcased as practical examples of the triple nexus in action from a wide range of regions, but also from the perspective of different thematic areas of focus, such as disaster preparedness, anticipatory action, biodiversity protection and climate security.

Organisers:

UNDRR; UNDP; UNEP; MFA Czech Republic; CARE Czech Republic and Asia; OSCE

Speakers:

• Ansherina Grace Talavera, Program Manager for ECHO Actions, CARE Philippines.
• Ronald Jackson, Heads the Disaster Risk Reduction & Recovery Team (DRT) for Building Resilience in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Disaster Risk Reduction & Recovery Team (DRT) for Building Resilience in the United Development Programme (UNDP) in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Andrew Bower, Team Leader Risk Governance, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – UNDRR – Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia.
• Cecilia Aipira, Chief Disasters and Conflicts Branch, the United Nations Environment Programme

Link: https://europeanhumanitarianforum.eu/humanitarian-talks/addressing-the-…;