Organizations

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Using state-​of-the-art probabilistic modelling, CLIMADA allows to estimate the expected economic damage as a measure of risk today, the incremental increase from economic growth and the further incremental increase due to climate change. The economics of climate adaptation methodology as implemented in CLIMADA provides decision makers with a fact base to understand the impact of weather and climate on their economies, including cost/benefit perspectives on specific risk reduction measures. The model is well suited to provide an open and independent view on physical risk, in line with e.g. the TCFD (Task Force for Climate-​related Financial Disclosure), and underpins the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) approach. As of today, CLIMADA provides global coverage of major climate-​related extreme-​weather hazards at high resolution via a data API, namely (i) tropical cyclones, (ii) river flood, (iii) agro drought and (iv) European winter storms, all at 4km spatial resolution - wildfire to be added soon. For all hazards, historic and probabilistic event sets exist, for some also under select climate forcing scenarios (RCPs) at distinct time horizons (e.g. 2040).

The Earth Observatory of Singapore - Remote Sensing Lab (EOS-RS) is a research lab at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. It uses satellite remote sensing, mainly synthetic aperture radar (SAR), to map natural hazards and disasters. The lab produces Damage Proxy Maps (DPMs) and Flood Proxy Maps (FPMs) showing where damage or flooding has likely occurred. Its work focuses on Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific, and it also responds to major disasters worldwide.

Flowminder is a Swedish non-profit foundation, using mobile operator, geospatial and survey data, for improving the wellbeing of vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries, at scale. Using big data innovation, Flowminder provides information and capacity strengthening to governments, mobile network operators, national and international agencies and researchers for humanitarian and development purposes.

Accessing disaster information can be a time consuming and laborious task. Not only is data scattered but frequently identification of the disaster can be confusing in countries with many disaster events. To address both of these issues, Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) proposed a globally common Unique ID code for disasters. This idea was shared and promoted by OCHA/ReliefWeb, OCHA/FSCC, UNDRR, UNDP, WMO, IFRC, OFDA-USAID, FAO, La Red, the World Bank, the European Commission and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), and was jointly launched as a new initiative "GLobal IDEntifier Number (GLIDE)". Since the beginning of 2004, GLobal IDEntifier numbers (GLIDE) are produced by this website (GLIDEnumber.net) for all new disaster events reported by partner institutions and those discovered by ADRC. The components of a GLIDE number consist of two letters to identify the disaster type (e.g. EQ - earthquake); the year of the disaster; a six-digit, sequential disaster number; and the three-letter ISO code for country of occurrence. So, for example, the GLIDE number for West-India Earthquake in India is: EQ-2001-000033-IND.

The GEM Foundation is a non-profit, public-private partnership that drives a global collaborative effort to develop scientific and high-quality resources for transparent assessment of earthquake risk and to facilitate their application for risk management around the globe. Assisted by an initiative of the OECD's Global Science Forum, GEM was formed in 2009 as a non-profit foundation in Pavia, Italy, funded through a public-private sponsorship with the vision to create a world that is resilient to earthquakes. GEM’s mission is to become one of the world’s most complete sources of risk resources and a globally accepted standard for seismic risk assessment; and to ensure that its products are applied in earthquake risk management worldwide.

The Global Shelter Cluster (GSC) is an Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) coordination mechanism that supports people affected by natural disasters and internally displaced people affected by conflict with the means to live in safe, dignified and appropriate shelter. The GSC enables better coordination among all shelter actors, including local and national governments, so that people who need shelter assistance get help faster and receive the right kind of support. The GSC is co-chaired by IFRC and UNHCR at the global level. IFRC is the convener of the Shelter Cluster in natural disasters while UNHCR leads the Shelter Cluster in conflict situations.

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The Inter Agency Common Feedback Project (CFP) is a common service to humanitarian partners to collect, analyze and elevate feedback from communities to promote an effective and responsive relief and recovery effort. All the data collected by the CFP is open for partners to access and use to support strengthening relief and recovery.

InterAction is an alliance organization in Washington, D.C. of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Our 180-plus members work around the world. What unites us is a commitment to working with the world's poor and vulnerable, and a belief that we can make the world a more peaceful, just and prosperous place – together. InterAction serves as a convener, thought leader and voice of our community. Because we want real, long-term change, we work smarter: We mobilize our members to think and act collectively, because we know more is possible that way. We also know that how we get there matters. So we set high standards. We insist on respecting human dignity. We work in partnerships.

Internews is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.

MapAction is a NGO which provide field based GIS and IM services to the humanitarian comunity.

The AI for Good Lab at Microsoft is a collaborative effort focused on leveraging artificial intelligence to solve some of the world's most pressing challenges. By working with global partners and leveraging cutting-edge AI tools, the lab supports innovations in environmental sustainability, agriculture, healthcare, and more. The AI for Good Lab is committed to applying AI solutions to improve lives, drive progress toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and make a lasting impact through technology.

OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort. OCHA's mission is to: Mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies. Advocate the rights of people in need. Promote preparedness and prevention. Facilitate sustainable solutions. A world that comes together to help crisis-affected people rapidly get the humanitarian assistance and protection they need. We advocate for effective and principled humanitarian action by all, for all.

The Needs Assessment and Analysis Section (NAAS) is part of OCHA's Assessment, Planning & Monitoring Branch (APMB) which supports effective emergency response around the key elements of the program cycle including preparedness, assessment, monitoring and consolidated appeals. NAAS is responsible for supporting OCHA and inter-agency partners to carry out coordinated and joint assessments in emergency contexts.

United Nations OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP). Every year, millions of people in Asia and the Pacific region are affected by conflict and natural disasters such as earthquakes, tropical storms, tsunamis, drought, and volcanic eruptions.

Open Nepal is a knowledge hub and a learning space for organizations and people that produce, share and use data for development or are interested to learn more about open data. By bringing together a community of practice in Nepal around topics such as the open data and access to information, Open Nepal forms a platform for people to share their experiences of using and sharing data and information, take collective action and generate solutions to common problems. The Community of Practice and Knowledge Hub contribute towards an enabling environment and build a movement for the sharing and use of (open) data for development in Nepal.

The Planetary Response Network has been running since 2014, working on providing rapid, accurate and high-value situational awareness to responders working in disaster relief. The project is partnered with Zooniverse, which is the online crowd sourcing platform used to host the projects. Zooniverse has over two million volunteers signed up to the website, with many other non-logged in volunteers taking part.

REACH facilitates the development of information tools and products that enhance the capacity of aid actors to make evidence-based decisions in emergency, recovery and development contexts. All REACH activities are conducted through inter-agency aid coordination mechanisms. For more information, you can write to our global office: geneva@reach-initiative.org. Visit www.reach-intiative.org and follow us @REACH_info.

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Nepal is at risk of natural hazards such as earthquakes and flooding, the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) works together with the Federal, Provincial and Local Governments to strengthen Nepal’s disaster risk preparedness and management, ensuring a swift and coordinated response in cases of emergency.

NGA provides timely, relevant, and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security.

The United Nations Development Coordination Office (DCO) serves as the secretariat for the UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG)–40 agencies, funds and programmes working on development–at the regional and global levels. At the regional level, five UN Development Coordination Office Regional Directors and their teams in Panama, Addis Ababa, Amman, Istanbul and Bangkok provide Resident Coordinators with regional-specific support, with a secretariat role for the UN Sustainable Development Group. At the global level the UN SDG is chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General. The Vice-Chair is the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator.

To serve as the focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations system and regional organizations and activities in socio-economic and humanitarian fields.

The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) it is part of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), with a mandate to provide United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies with satellite analysis, training and capacity development, at their request, as well as to support Member States with satellite imagery analysis over their respective territories and to provide training and capacity development in the use of geospatial information technologies.

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