SOME OF OUR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT “CHECKMATES” DURING 2013 AND BEYOND Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia,

SOME OF OUR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT “CHECKMATES” DURING 2013

AND BEYOND

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna,

Virginia, USA

PREMISE: A GLOBAL PROBLEM IS ALSO A

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY

BACKGROUND

USING THE PAINTING, “CHECKMATE”

TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT WE MUST DO IN 2013 AND BEYOND

“CHECKMATE”

THE PAINTING

• A story that illustrates the point.

• As a tour guide took a group through an art gallery, he stopped before a painting entitled Checkmate. The guide talked about the painting, and then moved on. ,

“THE DEVIL VS FAUST”

• The chess game was between the devil and Faust, who had sold his soul to the devil. It appears as if the devil had won. The devil has a smirk on his face, as if waiting for the final verdict, Checkmate!

HOPE, WHEN THERE IS NO HOPE

• But one of the group stayed behind, staring at the chess pieces on the chessboard in the painting.

“THE KING HAS ANOTHER MOVE”

• The young man who stayed to study the painting was a world class player. When the tour group was two corridors away, they suddenly heard their stray member running down the marble hallway to catch up, shouting,

• "It's a lie! It's a lie! The king has another move. Another move!“

WE ALWAYS HAVE ANOTHER MOVE TO PREVENT OUR CHECKMATES

PRESENT STATUS OF OUR WORLD

• 7 billion people, and counting, ---

• Living and competing in an interconnected global economy,---

• Producing $60 trillion of products, ---

• And, facing many complex problems.

OUR WORLD IS AT RISK• FLOODS• SEVERE

WINDSTORMS• EARTHQUAKES• TSUNAMIS• DROUGHTS• VOLCANIC

ERUPTIONS• LANDSLIDES• WILDFIRES

OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL

• Rapidly increasing annual socio-economic impacts from natural, technological, and environmental hazards

MEDITERRANEAN REGION’S HAZARDS

MEDITERRANEAN REGION’S HAZARDS

• EARTHQUAKES• FLOODS• DROUGHTS• LANDSLIDES• TSUNAMIS• VOLCANIC

ERUPTIONS• ENVIRONMENTAL

DEGRADATION

• EARTHQUAKES• FLOODS• DROUGHTS• LANDSLIDES• TSUNAMIS• VOLCANIC


DEGRADATION

SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S PROBLEMS AND HAZARDS

SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S PROBLEMS AND HAZARDS

• POLITICAL INSTABILITY

• FLOODS• DROUGHTS• ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACTS ON AIR, WATER, AND SOIL

• ENDANGERED SPECIES

• HEALTH CONCERNS

• POLITICAL INSTABILITY

• FLOODS• DROUGHTS• ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACTS ON AIR, WATER, AND SOIL

• ENDANGERED SPECIES

• HEALTH CONCERNS

EUROPE’S HAZARDS EUROPE’S HAZARDS

• FLOODS

• CLIMATE CHANGE

• SEVERE WINDSTORMS

• EARTHQUAKES

• ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

• FLOODS

• CLIMATE CHANGE


• EARTHQUAKES

• ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS

LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS

• HURRICANES• EARTHQUAKES/TSU-

NAMIS• FLOODS• CLIMATE CHANGE• LANDSLIDES• VOLCANIC


IMPACTS




IMPACTS

SOUTH AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS

SOUTH AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS




IMPACTS




IMPACTS

PACIFIC REGION’S HAZARDSPACIFIC REGION’S HAZARDS


• FLOODS• EARTHQUAKES/TSU-

NAMIS• WILDFIRES


• FLOODS• EARTHQUAKES/TSU-

NAMIS• WILDFIRES

ASIA’S HAZARDS ASIA’S HAZARDS

• FLOODS• EARTHQUAKES• TSUNAMIS• CYCLONES/TYPHOONS• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS• LANDSLIDES• DROUGHTS• ENVIRONMENTAL

DEGRADATION


DEGRADATION

INDIAN OCEAN AREA’S HAZARDS

INDIAN OCEAN AREA’S HAZARDS


DEGRADATION


DEGRADATION

NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS

• FLOODS

• HURRICANES

• EARTHQUAKES

• TORNADOES

• ICE STORMS

• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

• LANDSLIDES

• FLOODS

• HURRICANES

• EARTHQUAKES

• TORNADOES

• ICE STORMS

• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

• LANDSLIDES

EASTERN NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS

EASTERN NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS

• FLOODS

• HURRICANES

• EARTHQUAKES

• TORNADOES

• ICE STORMS

• LANDSLIDES

• FLOODS

• HURRICANES

• EARTHQUAKES

• TORNADOES

• ICE STORMS

• LANDSLIDES

ACTION NEEDED: Protecting people, buildings, infrastructure, and enterprise in communities in every region that are at risk from floods, severe windstorms, earthquakes,

landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires.


• Conflict, terrorism, and large-scale migration of people

ACTION NEEDED: Maintaining and renewing aging infrastructure (city

lifelines) in cities and megacities that are

experiencing rapid growth in population with associated

demand for services.

START DECREASING THE RISKSTART DECREASING THE RISK

STOP INCREASING THE RISKSTOP INCREASING THE RISK


• Education and training

ACTION NEEDED: Using computer technology and

disaster scenarios to create innovative education and

training programmes.

EDUCATION EDUCATION

GOAL: GOAL: DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK

REDUCTIONREDUCTION

PRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR

PUBLIC SECTOR

ACADEMIAACADEMIA

FUNCTIONAL FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING NETWORKING

CHANNELSCHANNELS

INFORMATION INFORMATION NETWORKING NETWORKING

CHANNELSCHANNELSORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION NETWORKING NETWORKING

CHANNELSCHANNELS

INNOVATIONINNOVATION

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERS

Stratec ConsultingStratec Consulting


• Universal health care needs; increasing risks from pandemic diseases

ACTION NEEDED: Identifying the site-independent and site-specific factors affecting wellness and illness.


• Chronic hunger in many regions and a universal need for clean water.

PROBLEM: Conserving and managing the short supply of potable water in many areas

of the world needing water for personal use as well as for

industrial use and agricultural use.

THE REALITY

The quality of our life on Planet Earth depends on our ability to devise, implement, and sustain a realistic, set of policies and programmes to solve our complex problems.

2013 is the time for a concerted and sustained

international effort to solve our problems.

A LEGACY FOR 2013 - - -AND BEYOND

We solved our global “CHECKMATE” TYPE problems.

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