Event
Training workshop for young professionals: Efficacy of Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa
UNESCO and its partners will converge with environmental professionals from the African continent for a one-day online training aiming to strengthen knowledge about Nature-based Solutions (NBS) concepts, in particular their efficacy for reducing disaster risks.
Consisting of theoretical and interactive parts, the workshop will create a space for sharing knowledge and good practices across African regions on the ways to integrate nature-based solutions to strengthen disaster resilience initiatives. Facilitated by international experts, sessions will focus on the introduction of open-air laboratories’ holistic approach and will highlight the co-creation perspectives of nature-based interventions at the community level to reduce climate risks while promoting nature conservation and management.
The training represents a unique opportunity for students and young professionals to receive interactive feedback on their current work from international experts and expand their professional network.
Agenda
Opening:
- Soichiro Yasukawa, UNESCO Disaster Risk Reduction Unit
- Alexandros Makarigakis, UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa
- Alberto Francioli, PeriPeriU
- Julius Kabubi, UNDDR Regional Office for Africa
Natural hazards in Africa:
A snapshot of natural hazards in Africa, focusing on socio-economical context and international environmental frameworks at the regional level.
- Natural hazards in Africa, overview by Professor Stanley Omuterema Muterema, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Kenya)
- African Regional Disaster Risk Reduction frameworks by Julius Kabubi, UNDDR Regional Office for Africa (Kenya)
Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction:
- Nature-based solutions approach and introduction of open-air laboratories concept by Professor Silvana Di Sabatino, Department of physics and astronomy at the University of Bologna (Italy)
Nature-based Solutions inspiring initiatives in Africa
Panarama of Nature-based Solutions initiatives in African regions.
- Nature-based solutions in Africa by Yazidhi Bamutaze Makerere University (Uganda)
- Nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction: Insights from the Arab States region by Djillali Benouar, University of science and technology houari Boumeduiene (Algeria)
- Nature-based flood adaptation measures in informal settlements, Mpazi sub-catchment, City of Kigali by Gretta Muhimpundu & Emmanuel Ntawukuriryayo, Rwanda Young Water Professionals (Rwanda)
- Nature-based solutions to reduce climate change impact on drought and a framework for social equity: experiences from Southern Africa by Petra Holden, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
