About RiskKan
Our group addresses systemic emergent and cascading risks under global and societal change while building knowledge on disaster risk reduction and providing an open platform to scientists across disciplines.
We are currently looking for Steering Committee Members
Are you interested in knowing more, click here to go to the information and self-nomination page.
Events
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Working Groups
RiskKAN is comprised of various working groups spanning a wide range of topics and contributing to implementation of the objectives of RiskKAN.
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Do you want more specific information about one of our working groups. Just indicate on the subscription form which groups you’d like to join. More specific information about each working groups can be found on the working groups web-page.
RiskKan is part of a Joint Initiative
We are a proud part of a large network of key stakeholders
The Future Earth initiative is a global network of scientists and innovators working towards a sustainable future through developing a deeper understanding of Earth systems and human dynamics across disciplines.
The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk is an international scientific progamme working to mobilize science for the reduction of all kinds of disaster risk through the integration of risk science with climate change adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable development.
The World Weather Research Program works to promote research to improve weather prediction and its impacts on society through improvements in science and operational predictions driven by international scientific cooperation.
The World Climate Research Programme is an international multi-disciplinary research initiative working on advancing human understanding of multi-scale dynamic interactions between natural and social systems that affect our planets climate.
The Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events is financially supported by Future Earth.