Disaster Risk Reduction & Open Data Newsletter – August 2018 Edition
DRR and data in the news
Scientific collections and databases review by MBIE, New Zealand
LINZ report on 15 August will improve datasets for resilience in New Zealand
KDDI, OYO and Toyota using IoT to gather data for disaster prevention
SDG experts discuss plans to save biodiversity
IGES releases a policy to localise ASEAN SDGs
A UN Human Rights Council discussed how to achieve SDGs
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development talked of data revolution
UN Biodiversity Lab supports conservation and development with spatial data
HLPF discussed with participants on how to turn local
data into action
Using gender data to track SDG progress
Latest information from OECD about impacts of digitalisation
Can more accessible data equal less disaster in Asia-Pacific?
India using soil study data to forecast flood
Publications on DRR
and data
Assessing the Real Cost of Disasters- the need for better evidence
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018
by the World Bank
Climate Change Open Data for Sustainable Development: Case studies from Tanzania and Sierra Leone
Upcoming DRR
and data events
Data Science Journal call for publication on
1 September 2018 – First Submission deadline
Understanding Risk Balkans 2018 by the Water Youth Network on 17-19 September 2018
UR Tanzania 2018 is presenting new spatial tools and risk data on 29–30 August 2018
UR Finance Pacific 2018 offers discussions and training on 16-19 October 2018
Risk Data Hub & Austrian Disaster Network Days– 11-12 October 2018
Bapon (SHM) Fakhruddin, PhD 
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