This report aims to improve awareness and understanding of the risks posed by climate change among public and private sector policymakers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It provides findings and recommendations to catalyse action, increase the prioritisation of climate change in the UAE, and encourage greater implementation of evidence-based adaptation measures. The report discusses the role of […]
Global Risk Report 2017 is published by the World Economic Forum. For over a decade, The Global Risks Report has focused attention on the evolution of global risks and the deep interconnections between them. The Report has also highlighted the potential of persistent, long-term trends such asinequality and deepening social and political polarization to exacerbate risks associated with, for example, the weakness of the
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2017 New Generation of Ideas Report from Wilson Center. Recognizing the need to strengthen the ties between urban policymaking and new scholarly work on urban development, the Wilson Center’s Urban Sustainability Laboratory, USAID, the World Bank, IHC Global and Cities Alliance teamed together to cosponsor the annual “Reducing Urban Poverty” paper competition for advanced graduate
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For the 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop, 20-21 September in Rome, a list of speakers and their presentation topics, with short biographical sketches and portraits, is posted here.
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The 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop, 20-21 September, and the training session on 19 September, will be at the ISA facility located at Via del Commercio 13 in Rome, about one kilometre southeast of Porta San Paolo (St. Paul’s Gate). There are many lodging options convenient to the facility. The Workshop is a technical meeting conducted
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The List of Participants in the 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop is divided into three parts: Participants Affiliated with Governmental Organizations Participants Affiliated with International Organizations Participants Affiliated with Other Organizations or Unaffiliated
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The Programme of the 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop, 20-21 September in Rome, is posted here.
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The Report of the 2017 CAP Implementation Workshop is posted here.
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The host of the 2017 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop is the National Fire Corps Academy of Italy, Istituto Superiore Antincendi (ISA). The Workshop will be in the ISA training facility in Rome, Italy. The Workshop will be 20-21 September. It will be preceded by a CAP Training Session on 19 September and followed
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CAP Implementation Workshops provide a forum for implementors of CAP and associated organizations to discuss how best to expand adoption of the CAP standard and to share practices among users of the standard. There is no charge to participate and anyone interested in emergency alerting is welcome: managers, technical staff, media, etc., including commercial organizations,
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