MEDiate hosted a discussion panel, examining different theoretical and practical aspects of reducing the risk of natural hazards while taking into account the interaction among multiple hazards and ever-changing environmental and climatic conditions. In this discussion, CAT research group leader Nadejda Komendantova was invited to share her insights on cooperative policymaking for finding sustainable risk reduction solutions.
The “multi-hazard and risk informed system for enhanced local and regional disaster risk management” (MEDiate) project has brought researchers and policymakers together to develop a robust framework that guides the co-design, co-development, implementation, and operational phases of a multi-hazard disaster resilience decision-support system. The framework, on one part, is dedicated to addressing the new challenges for mitigation of natural hazards’ risk raised by global issues that are impacting the occurrence and severity of natural hazards, e.g., climate change. On the other side, it is building a bridge of knowledge and collaboration to address the information gaps among researchers, policymakers, and communities they are representing. IIASA’s Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) research group is leading the MEDiate’s efforts to bridge these information gaps in decision-making.
On October 14, 2024, the MEDiate hosted a panel discussion online to share and discuss the MEDiate's insights on two global issues: how to address the impact of ever-changing environmental conditions on natural hazards risk mitigation strategies and how to bridge the gap of information among the researchers and practitioners to find sustainable mitigation solutions. IIASA’s CAT research group leader, Nadejda Komendantova, was invited to share her insights and discuss the cooperative and inclusive approaches to address these issues. In this panel, Komendantova shared how they have designed the cooperative decision-making framework that has a great potential to bring together the researchers, decision-makers, community representatives, and the natural hazards risk mitigation specialists with diverse backgrounds. This approach makes it possible to consider different aspects and concerns when analyzing different mitigation approaches, which is imperative for finding sustainable solutions to natural hazard risk mitigation.
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