Co-sponsors

International Science Council (ISC)

The International Science Council (ISC) is a non-governmental organization with a unique global membership that brings together 40 international scientific Unions and Associations and over 140 national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils.

The ISC was created in 2018 as the result of a merger between the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC).

It is the only international non-governmental organization bringing together the natural and social sciences and the largest global science organization of its type.

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

UNDRR was established in 1999 as a dedicated secretariat to facilitate the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR).It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution (56/195), 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. It is an organisational unit of the UN Secretariat and is led by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSG).

UNDRR defines itself through its multi-stakeholder coordination approach based on the relationships it has developed with national and local governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society, including the private sector, and by its mode of operating through a network of global partners.

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Ex-Officios

Huadong GUO,  Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Anne-Sophie Stevance, International Science Council (ISC)

Irina Zodrow, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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