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Dr Helene Jacot Des Combes
Project Manager, International Science Council
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Hélène Jacot Des Combes holds a PhD on paleo-oceanography from the University of Lille in France. She worked as a researcher on paleo-oceanography in Germany for almost 10 years. She then worked for 8 years as an academic staff at the Pacific Center for Environment and Sustainable Development center of the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. She then became an adviser to the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on climate change adaptation and disaster risk management for the World Bank funded PREP II project. She published several journal articles and book chapters and was also a lead author for the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate in 2019. She joined the International Science Council in 2023 as a Project Manager. Her main role focuses on the management of the review and update of the Hazard Classification and Definitions and Associated Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) and of other projects related to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at the ISC.
Abstract
Abstract:The International Science Council (ISC), in partnership with the UN Agency for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) are conducting the first review of the UNDRR/ISC Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs), three years after their first publication in 2021. This side event: ”UNDRR/ISC Hazard Information profiles – standardizing hazard information for policymakers“ will present the HIPs and the process leading to their development and review. Examples of their uses in different contexts will also be presented to highlight the benefit of the standardization of the information on hazards to support policymakers.
The format of the session will combine presentations and a discussion between panel members and the audience. This session will be an opportunity to raise awareness about the HIPs and engage with the audience by sharing with them the recent call for reviewers shared with the ISC members.
Moderator: Dr. Helene Jacot Des Combes
Chair: Prof. Virginia Murray
Panelists:
Prof. Urbano Fra Paleo, European STAG, University of Extremadura
Prof Teresa Oliveira, International Statistics Institute, Open University in Lisbon
Dr. Carolina Velasquez Florida State University (video message)
Dr. Nuha Eltihay, Local Governments for Sustainability, ICLEI video message)