Drought, COVID-19 and multi-risk assessment
2 February 2022
Online
2 February 2022
The paper highlights that the interactions between human, ecosystems and ecology often govern drought-linked disease. Factoring these interactions and their impacts on vulnerable communities and their environment is important for drought preparedness, resilience, and recovery.This webinar will provide ways forward for the multi-risk assessment framework, and especially to the endeavours of development cooperation to reduce and manage risks in developing countries.
- Introduction by the Moderator: Rachael McDonnell, Deputy Director General, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- Welcome Address: Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Director, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
- Opening Remarks: Sasha Koo Oshima, Deputy Director, Land and Water Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
- Drought and COVID – linkages: Saravanan Subramanian, WASAG and DIE
- Drought and Riskscape – towards a multi-risk assessment framework: Detlef Müller-Mahn, Institute of Geography, University of Bonn
- Practical experiences with urban to rural multi-risk assessments in Kenya and Tanzania: Dennis Ochuodho (Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University, Kenya) and Digna Irafay (Consultant and Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania)
- Panel Discussion and exchange with expert audience:
- Chris Magero, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Anna-Katharina Hornidge, DIE
- Daniel Tsegai, United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- Maher Salman, FAO
- Festus Asaaga, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
- Moderator: Michael Brüntrup, DIE
- Q & A Session to Panelists and Speakers
- Outlook and ways forward: Miriam Medel Garcia, Chief, External Relations, Policy and Advocacy, UNCCD