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SOME OF OUR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT “CHECKMATES” DURING 2013
AND BEYOND
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna,
Virginia, USA
THE PAINTING
• A story that illustrates the point.
• As a tour guide took a group through an art gallery, he stopped before a painting entitled Checkmate. The guide talked about the painting, and then moved on. ,
“THE DEVIL VS FAUST”
• The chess game was between the devil and Faust, who had sold his soul to the devil. It appears as if the devil had won. The devil has a smirk on his face, as if waiting for the final verdict, Checkmate!
HOPE, WHEN THERE IS NO HOPE
• But one of the group stayed behind, staring at the chess pieces on the chessboard in the painting.
“THE KING HAS ANOTHER MOVE”
• The young man who stayed to study the painting was a world class player. When the tour group was two corridors away, they suddenly heard their stray member running down the marble hallway to catch up, shouting,
• "It's a lie! It's a lie! The king has another move. Another move!“
PRESENT STATUS OF OUR WORLD
• 7 billion people, and counting, ---
• Living and competing in an interconnected global economy,---
• Producing $60 trillion of products, ---
• And, facing many complex problems.
OUR WORLD IS AT RISK• FLOODS• SEVERE
WINDSTORMS• EARTHQUAKES• TSUNAMIS• DROUGHTS• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS• LANDSLIDES• WILDFIRES
OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL
• Rapidly increasing annual socio-economic impacts from natural, technological, and environmental hazards
MEDITERRANEAN REGION’S HAZARDS
MEDITERRANEAN REGION’S HAZARDS
• EARTHQUAKES• FLOODS• DROUGHTS• LANDSLIDES• TSUNAMIS• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS• ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
• EARTHQUAKES• FLOODS• DROUGHTS• LANDSLIDES• TSUNAMIS• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS• ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S PROBLEMS AND HAZARDS
SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S PROBLEMS AND HAZARDS
• POLITICAL INSTABILITY
• FLOODS• DROUGHTS• ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS ON AIR, WATER, AND SOIL
• ENDANGERED SPECIES
• HEALTH CONCERNS
• POLITICAL INSTABILITY
• FLOODS• DROUGHTS• ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS ON AIR, WATER, AND SOIL
• ENDANGERED SPECIES
• HEALTH CONCERNS
EUROPE’S HAZARDS EUROPE’S HAZARDS
• FLOODS
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• SEVERE WINDSTORMS
• EARTHQUAKES
• ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
• FLOODS
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• SEVERE WINDSTORMS
• EARTHQUAKES
• ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS
• HURRICANES• EARTHQUAKES/TSU-
NAMIS• FLOODS• CLIMATE CHANGE• LANDSLIDES• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS• ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
• HURRICANES• EARTHQUAKES/TSU-
NAMIS• FLOODS• CLIMATE CHANGE• LANDSLIDES• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS• ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
SOUTH AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS
SOUTH AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS
• HURRICANES• EARTHQUAKES/TSU-
NAMIS• FLOODS• CLIMATE CHANGE• LANDSLIDES• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS• ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
• HURRICANES• EARTHQUAKES/TSU-
NAMIS• FLOODS• CLIMATE CHANGE• LANDSLIDES• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS• ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
PACIFIC REGION’S HAZARDSPACIFIC REGION’S HAZARDS
• SEVERE WINDSTORMS
• FLOODS• EARTHQUAKES/TSU-
NAMIS• WILDFIRES
• SEVERE WINDSTORMS
• FLOODS• EARTHQUAKES/TSU-
NAMIS• WILDFIRES
ASIA’S HAZARDS ASIA’S HAZARDS
• FLOODS• EARTHQUAKES• TSUNAMIS• CYCLONES/TYPHOONS• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS• LANDSLIDES• DROUGHTS• ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
• FLOODS• EARTHQUAKES• TSUNAMIS• CYCLONES/TYPHOONS• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS• LANDSLIDES• DROUGHTS• ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
INDIAN OCEAN AREA’S HAZARDS
INDIAN OCEAN AREA’S HAZARDS
• FLOODS• EARTHQUAKES• TSUNAMIS• CYCLONES/TYPHOONS• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS• LANDSLIDES• DROUGHTS• ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
• FLOODS• EARTHQUAKES• TSUNAMIS• CYCLONES/TYPHOONS• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS• LANDSLIDES• DROUGHTS• ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS
• FLOODS
• HURRICANES
• EARTHQUAKES
• TORNADOES
• ICE STORMS
• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
• LANDSLIDES
• FLOODS
• HURRICANES
• EARTHQUAKES
• TORNADOES
• ICE STORMS
• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
• LANDSLIDES
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS
• FLOODS
• HURRICANES
• EARTHQUAKES
• TORNADOES
• ICE STORMS
• LANDSLIDES
• FLOODS
• HURRICANES
• EARTHQUAKES
• TORNADOES
• ICE STORMS
• LANDSLIDES
ACTION NEEDED: Protecting people, buildings, infrastructure, and enterprise in communities in every region that are at risk from floods, severe windstorms, earthquakes,
landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires.
OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL
• Conflict, terrorism, and large-scale migration of people
ACTION NEEDED: Maintaining and renewing aging infrastructure (city
lifelines) in cities and megacities that are
experiencing rapid growth in population with associated
demand for services.
ACTION NEEDED: Using computer technology and
disaster scenarios to create innovative education and
training programmes.
EDUCATION EDUCATION
GOAL: GOAL: DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK
REDUCTIONREDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
ACADEMIAACADEMIA
FUNCTIONAL FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING NETWORKING
CHANNELSCHANNELS
INFORMATION INFORMATION NETWORKING NETWORKING
CHANNELSCHANNELSORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION NETWORKING NETWORKING
CHANNELSCHANNELS
INNOVATIONINNOVATION
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERS
Stratec ConsultingStratec Consulting
OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL
• Universal health care needs; increasing risks from pandemic diseases
ACTION NEEDED: Identifying the site-independent and site-specific factors affecting wellness and illness.
OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL
• Chronic hunger in many regions and a universal need for clean water.
PROBLEM: Conserving and managing the short supply of potable water in many areas
of the world needing water for personal use as well as for
industrial use and agricultural use.
THE REALITY
The quality of our life on Planet Earth depends on our ability to devise, implement, and sustain a realistic, set of policies and programmes to solve our complex problems.