Eye on Earth: Falcon Workshop Disaster Management Special Initiative October 24-25, 2014, Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. Fernando R. Echavarria, Ph.D. US Department of State Office of Space & Advanced Technology OES/S/SAT, SA-22, 10100 Washington, D.C. 20522 echavarriafr@state.gov
• • • CSR founding partners • Association of American Geographers • Ecocity Builders • Esri • US Department of State
CSR-SI work • Focuses on 2 regions: – MENA – Americas
Eye on Earth: Falcon Workshop Disaster Management Special Initiative October 24-25, 2014, Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
U.S. National Science & Technology Council Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction • SDR is an element of the President’s National Science & Technology Council charged with establishing clear national goals for Federal science and technology investments in disaster reduction. • Promotes interagency cooperation for natural and technological hazards and disaster planning. • Facilitates interagency approaches to identification and assessment of risk, and to disaster reduction. • Advises the Administration about relevant resources and the work of SDR member agencies. • Serves as the US national platform for UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
National Science & Technology Council Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction • Centers for Disease Control and • National Institute of Standards and Prevention Technology • Department of Defense • National Oceanic & Atmospheric • Department of Energy Administration • Department of Homeland Security • National Science Foundation • Department of Housing & Urban • U.S. Agency for International Development Development • Department of the Interior • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Department of State • U.S. Coast Guard • Department of Transportation • U.S. Department of Agriculture • Environmental Protection Agency • U.S. Forest Service • FEMA • U.S. Geological Survey • NASA • U.S. Public Health Service • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency • U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission • National Guard Bureau
National Science & Technology Council Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction • Leadership: • David Applegate, Co-Chair (USGS) • Margaret Davidson, Co-Chair (NOAA) • Dennis Wenger, Co-Chair (NSF) • White House Liaison: • Tammy Dickinson (OSTP) • SDR Executive Secretariat: • Bret Schothorst • Barbara Haines-Parmele
Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction 1. Provide hazard and disaster information where and when it is needed. 2. Understand the natural processes that produce hazards. 3. Develop hazard mitigation strategies and technologies. 4. Recognize and reduce vulnerability of interdependent critical infrastructure. 5. Assess disaster resilience using standard methods. 6. Promote risk-wise behavior.
Implementation plans released March 2008 Available at www.sdr.gov
Improved Observations for Disaster Reduction: Joint USGEO/SDR Near-Term Opportunity Plan Building on the tremendous progress that has been made in warning capabilities for meteorological hazards due to investments in network modernization and improved system integration, the IEOS Strategic Plan identified a Near-Term Opportunity to make similar progress in the geologic hazards, including: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and coastal inundation hazards, landslides and subsidence. http://usgeo.gov/
More information http://www.sdr.gov/
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