Round Table "Risks and disasters" (English)

"Climate risks and disasters: understanding and coping with them"

A round table organized as part of the French Red Cross Foundation's 2023 international conference, in partnership with the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) and Sciences Po's School of International Affairs (PSIA).

Driven by a number of factors, including climate change, ‘natural’ disasters are increasing all over the world, causing major humanitarian crises. However, they remain the product of social vulnerabilities, and technical responses are not sufficient to strengthen people’s resilience. This round table will use research in the human and social sciences to examine the various aspects of preparing populations, the effects of ‘natural’ disasters on social cohesion, and the vulnerability factors of the various geographical areas. It will provide new insights and avenues for action, but also considerations on public policies, the importance of the local context or the new issues involved in risk management.

Speakers:
Georges DJOHY, Socio-Anthropologist, University of Parakou (Benin)
"Locating humanitarian aid to address vulnerability in the far north of Benin"

-Annabelle MOATTY, Geographer, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
"From post-disaster reconstruction to vulnerability reduction: what levers for adaptation?"

Jan VERLIN, Sociologist, Geopolitics of Risk Chair, ENS
"Between polycrisis and rampant crises. What kind of crisis management for the humanitarian sector?"

Omar ABOU SAMRA, Director of the Global Disaster Preparedness Centre, IFRC
" Evidence: doing better, not just as before"


Moderation:
Sandrine REVET, Anthropologist, Director of Research at CERI, Sciences Po

Camille RAILLON, Scientific Project Officer at the French Red Cross Foundation


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