Navigating Complex Crises: Climate adaptation, community leadership, and transformative local actions
Saturday, December 9, 2023 |
12:00 - 13:00 |
Theme
Disaster Risk Management and Humanitarian Action
Details
This session explores the potential and practical challenges that community leaders face when navigating complex climate-induced disasters. With a panel of experts from different stakeholder groups in the humanitarian sector, the session weaves together, insights and experiences to generate ideas for transformative local action for improved disaster preparedness, emergency response, and climate resilience. The speakers will discuss good practices and lessons at the global, regional, national, and subnational levels for enhancing community leadership through access to a range of enablers – policy frameworks, knowledge, and skills.
Hosted by:
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socieites (IFRC)
Global Network of Civil Sociaty Organisatoins for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)
Speaker
Kossivi Nevaeme Adessou
Regional Lead-africa
www.gndr.org
Sisira Madurapperuma
Director, Preparedness for Response and Recovery
ADPC
Shaikh Mehnaz Zahan
Community Volunteer
Cyclone Preparedness Program, Bangladesh
Valerie Nkamgang Bemo
Deputy Director Of Emergency Response
Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation
Kazi Shofiqul Azam
Secretary General
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS)
Jeremy Wetterwald
Senior Advisor - Climate, Environment And Migration
Impact Initiatives